Seyyed Mohammad Bagher Movahed Abtahi was born in February 1928 in Isfahan, Iran, hence his surname. His father, Seyyid Morteza Movahed Abtahi, was a religious scholar in Isfahan and his mother was the daughter of Seyyid Mohammad Taqi Mosavi Isfahani.
He started attending the classes required for the traditional schools at a very young age. Movahed Abtahi also learned logic, Mathematics and philosophy in Isfahan. Then in 1946 he went to the theological school of Qom to continue his education.
In the five years that he studied in Qom he completed his sutuh studies and was also granted the level of Ijtihad from his teachers, and began teaching Usul.
Around the age of 24 Movahed Abtahi moved from Qom to the theological seminary of Najaf, Iraq to continue his education. Movahed Abtahi died in Tehran on February 5, 2014.
