| Morteza Bakhtiari | |
| Order: | Head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation |
| Term Start: | 22 July 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Parviz Fattah |
| Appointer: | Ali Khamenei |
| Office1: | Deputy Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi |
| Appointer1: | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Predecessor1: | Mehdi Azizian |
| Successor1: | Reza Fatemi Amin |
| Term Start1: | 22 May 2016 |
| Term End1: | 1 January 2019 |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice |
| President2: | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
| Predecessor2: | Gholam Hossein Elham |
| Successor2: | Mostafa Pourmohammadi |
| Term Start2: | 3 September 2009 |
| Term End2: | 15 August 2013 |
| Office3: | Governor of Isfahan |
| President3: | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
| Predecessor3: | Mahmoud Hosseini |
| Successor3: | Alireza Zaker |
| Term Start3: | 8 October 2005 |
| Term End3: | 3 September 2009 |
| Birth Place: | Mashhad, Iran |
| Nationality: | Iranian |
Morteza Bakhtiari (Persian: سید مرتضی بختیاری) (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013.
Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952.[1]
Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004.[2] He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi.[3] [4] Then he began to serve as the governor of Isfahan in October 2005.[5] [6] He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on 3 September 2009[7] [8] and replaced Gholam Hossein Elham as justice minister.[9] Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against.[10] 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session.[10]
Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013.[11] His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi.[12]
The European Union put sanctions on Bakhtiari and another two ministers in the form of a visa ban and asset freeze in October 2011 due to alleged human rights abuses.[13] The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason.[14]