Mojtaba or Mujtaba () is an

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male given name. It originates from the

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, meaning the ''chosen''. The name has an

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background and is considerably popular among the

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and

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as it is one of the honorary epithets of

Hasan ibn Ali Hasan ibn Ali (; 2 April 670) was an Alids, Alid political and religious leader. The eldest son of Ali and Fatima and a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Hasan briefly ruled as Rashidun caliphate, Rashidun caliph from January 661 unt ...

, the 2nd Imam of Shia Islam.

People named Mojtaba

Mojtaba Abedini Mojtaba Abedini Shourmasti (; born 11 August 1984) is an Iranian 3-time Olympian sabre fencer. In 2012, he became the first Iranian fencer to compete in the Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Fencing Championships, becoming the ...

(born 1984), Iranian Olympic fencer * Mojtaba Haghdoust (born 1996), Iranian

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player for

Foolad F.C. Foolad Khuzestan Football Club (, ''Bāshgāh-e Futbāl-e Fulād-e Khuzestān'') is an Iranian professional football club based in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, that plays in Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 1971 and is owned by Foolad Khuze ...

* Mojtaba Heidarpanah (born 1990), Iranian

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and

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Mojtaba Jabbari Mojtaba Jabbari (, ; born 16 June 1983) is an Iranian football coach and a former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the caretaker manager for Esteghlal. Club career Early years Due to his father's career as an employee for Is ...

(born 1983), retired Iranian

player for

Esteghlal F.C. Esteghlal Football Club (استقلال), commonly known as Esteghlal (meaning 'The Independence'), is the oldest Iranian professional association football, football club based in Tehran that competes in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was ...

Mojtaba Khamenei Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian politician and cleric who is one of the sons of Ali Khamenei. He served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. He also reportedly took control of the Basij paramilitary militia t ...

(born 1969), Iranian hard-line

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and a son of

Ali Khamenei Ali Hosseini Khamenei (; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as the third President of Iran, president from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei's tenure ...

* Mojtaba Minovi (1903–1977), Iranian historian, literary scholar and professor of

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (; born in 1971) is an Iranian filmmaker and film producer. He co-directed ''This Is Not a Film'' (2011) with Jafar Panahi. Life Mirtahmasb was born in Kerman, Iran in 1971. From 1992 until 1995 he attended the University of A ...

(born 1971), Iranian filmmaker and producer *

Mojtaba Mirzadeh Mojtaba Mirzadeh (; March 18, 1946 – July 17, 2005) was an Iranian – Kurdish violin, kamancheh, and setar master who was influential in Persian classical music, classical and folk Kurdish music, and also in Iranian pop music. He played, co ...

(1946–2005), Iranian composer of

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classical music *

Mojtaba Moharrami Mojtaba Moharrami (, born 16 April 1964) is an Iranian former football player and now coach. He is current head coach of Persepolis Reserves. Moharrami made 37 appearances for the Iran national football team. He was captain of the national tea ...

(born 1965), former Iranian

player *

Mojtaba Ramezani Mojtaba Ramezani (); is an Iranian football midfielder who currently plays for Iranian football club in the Persian Gulf Pro League. Club career Early years He started his career in Qaemshahr with several clubs. In Qaemshahr Division 1 and Divi ...

(born 1989), Iranian

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Mojtaba Saminejad Mojtaba (Madyar) Saminejad (, born 30 September 1980 in Tehran) is an Iranian blogger and writer. He studied journalism at the Central Tehran Branch of Islamic Azad University. He is the president of Shahr-e Khorshid publications () and editor o ...

(born 1980), Iranian

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and political activist *

Mojtaba Zonnour Mojtaba Zonnour (; also spelled Zolnour) is an Iranian Shi'a cleric and Iranian Principlists, conservative politician who, , represents Qom (electoral district), Qom in the Iranian Parliament. Political roles Zonnour was formerly Supreme Leader ...

(born 1963), Iranian

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

cleric *

Mujtaba al-Shirazi Sayyid Mujtaba al-Husayni al-Shirazi. (; ; b. ِ6 August 1943) is an Iraqi Shia jurist. Early life and education Al-Shirazi was born to Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi and Halima al-Shirazi. Both of his parents are from the distinguished clerical al-S ...

(born 1943), Iranian Shia Cleric * Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini (born 1954), Iranian Shia Cleric * Mujtaba Musavi Lari (1925-2013), Iranian Shia Cleric *

Mojtaba Tehrani Grand Ayatollah Agha Mojtaba Tehrani (Persian: مجتبي تهراني) (4 April 1933 – 1 January 2013) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja' taqlid, which is described as "a high-ranking Shia cleric who is regarded as a source of emulation". ...

(1933-2013), Iranian Shia Cleric {{given name Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names Iranian masculine given names