Seyid Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei (; 1914 â 1979) was an Iranian politician, and Shiite cleric. He was also the first imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz and Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan. Tabatabaei was born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. He was a member of the Muslim People's Republic Party in Tabriz. Tabatabaei was assassinated when praying in Tabriz. Qazi Tabatabaei in the Iranian political literature named him the first martyr of mihrab.