Mohammad-Jafar Yahaghi (Persian: محمدجعفر یاحقی; also Romanizedd as Mohammad-Ja’far Yāhaghghi; born 1947 in Ferdows, South Khorasan, Iran) is a celebrated Persian writer, literary critic, editor and translator and distinguished professor of literature at Ferdowsi University of Mashad. He is currently the head of Center of Excellence in Researches about Ferdowsi and Khorasan literature. Mohammad-Jafar Yahaghi graduated from Tehran University in 1981 with a doctorate degree in Persian literature. He is known for his works on Shahnama and Iranian epic literature.