Hojjatoleslam Sayyid Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati (Persian: سید محمد علی شهیدی محلاتی) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as Director of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs from 2013 to 2020.

[2] In 2009, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, established the post of Chief Inspector, and put Shahidi as the first leader.

Mohammad Ali Shahidi was born on July 9, 1949, in Mahallat, Iran.

He began his early life, studying in the Hawza, and has earned the rank of Hojjatoleslam, and equivalent of a master's degree.

During former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first term, Mahallati was put as the Deputy Foreign Minister for consular affairs, by the Foreign Minister of the time, Manoucher Mottaki.