Ali Larijani

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Ali Larijani
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Larijani in 2025
Native name
علی لاریجانی
Allegiance Iran
Branch Revolutionary Guards
Years of service1981–1993
Rank Brigadier general [1]
Battles / wars Iran–Iraq War
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 August 2025
Alma mater Aryamehr University of Technology
University of Tehran
Signature Ali Larijani signature.svg
Website Official website
Academic background
Thesis
Doctoral advisor Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Other advisors Karim Mojtahedi
Influences Immanuel Kant [8]
YearElectionVotes%RankNotes
2005 President 1,713,8105.836thLost
2008 Parliament 239,43673.011stWon
2012 Parliament Increase2.svg 270,382Decrease2.svg 65.171stWon
2016 Parliament Decrease2.svg 191,329Decrease2.svg 40.312ndWon
2021 President —Disqualified
2024 President —Disqualified

Public image

According to a poll conducted in March 2016 by Information and Public Opinion Solutions LLC (iPOS) among Iranian citizens, Larijani has 45% approval and 34% disapproval ratings and thus a +11% net popularity, while 11% of voters do not recognize the name. [45]

Personal life

Larijani is a brother of Sadiq Larijani (President of the Judicature), Mohammad-Javad Larijani, Bagher Larijani (Faculty Member of Tehran University of Medical Sciences), and Fazel Larijani (Iran's former cultural attachée in Ottawa). [14] [46] Larijani is also a cousin of Ahmad Tavakkoli (Larijani's and Tavakkoli's mothers are sisters). [14] Larijani is the son-in-law of Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari, [14] [47] His daughter, Fatemeh Ardashir Larijani, studies at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in the United States. [48]

Ali Ardeshir Larijani hails from Sassanian gentry, and is one of the few Iranian politicians to use the title Ardeshir.

On 2 April 2020, Larijani tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) and was placed in quarantine. [49]

Notes

  1. ↑ Persian: علی اردشیر لاریجانی, Persian pronunciation: [æliː-elɒːɾiːdʒɒːniː]

References

  1. ↑ M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi (2012). "Evaluating the Political and Economic Role of the IRGC". Strategic Analysis. 36 (4): 589. doi:10.1080/09700161.2012.689528. S2CID   153576427. The Majlis speaker, Ali Larijani, was an IRGC brigadier general.
  2. ↑ "علی لاریجانی رئیس موقت مجلس نهم ایران شد". BBC Persian . 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "علی لاریجانی رئیس مجلس ایران شد". BBC Persian . 5 June 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "All ministers of the 30 years" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "انتصاب دکتر علی لاریجانی به‌ ریاست سازمان‌ صدا و سیما". Khamenei.ir. 13 February 1994. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Kalantari, Mahboubeh; Qodsi-zadeh, Parvin (2015). "RADIO AND TELEVISION i. Iran". In Haddad-Adel, Gholam-Ali (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 19. Tehran: Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation. ISBN   978-600-447020-9.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Marsha B. Cohen (May 2013). "The Brothers Larijani: A sphere of power". Al Jazeera . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Politician Philosophers". Etemad (in Persian). No. 3517. 2 May 2016. p. 8.
  9. ↑ "Ali Larijani reappointed secretary of Iran's top security body". Reuters. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  10. ↑ Orla Ryan, "Ahmadinejad rival elected as Iranian speaker", The Guardian, 28 May 2008]
  11. ↑ انتصاب دكتر لاريجاني به عنوان دبير شورايعالي عالي امنيت ملي از سوي رييس جمهور. ISNA (in Persian). Iranians Students News Agency. 15 August 2005. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  12. ↑ "Iran's Top Nuclear Negotiator Ali Amoli Larijani Resigns". Fox News. AP. 20 October 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D. Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; S. R. Bohandy (2009). "The Rise of the Pasdaran" (PDF). RAND Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sahimi, Mohammad (20 August 2009). "Nepotism & the Larijani Dynasty". PBS. Los Angeles. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  15. ↑ Shmuel Bar; Shmuel Bacher; Rachel Machtiger (January 2008). "Iranian nuclear decision making under Ahmedinejad" (PDF). Lauder School of Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  16. ↑ Profile of Ali Larijani
  17. ↑ Nour Samaha. "The Brothers Larijani: A sphere of power". AlJazeera. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  18. ↑ Feuilherade, Peter (1 April 1994). "Iran: media and the message". The Middle East. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  19. ↑ Sahimi, Mohammad (14 March 2011). "Rafsanjani's Exit from Power: What Next". PBS. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  20. ↑ Kazemzadeh, Masoud (2007). "Ahmadinejad's Foreign Policy" . Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 27 (2): 423–449. doi:10.1215/1089201x-2007-015. S2CID   144395765 . Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  21. ↑ Posch, Walter (November 2007). "Only personal? The Larijani Crisis Revisited" (PDF). Policy Brief (3). Retrieved 17 June 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  22. ↑ "Iran's Top Envoy Says He Expects 'New Ideas' From EU Official on Nuclear Issue". FoxNews. Associated Press. 25 April 2007. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  23. ↑ CNN report: "Although the Guardian Council is made up of religious individuals, I wish certain members would not side with a certain presidential candidate," Larijani told the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) without naming whom he meant.
  24. ↑ "IRAN: Well-informed Larijani congratulated Mousavi on election day, report says". Los Angeles Times. 11 August 2009.
  25. ↑ لاریجانی: گردنکشی مقابل رهبری عزت نیست. BBC (in Persian). 23 October 2012.
  26. ↑ "Larijani elected interim parliament speaker". 29 May 2016.
  27. ↑ "Ali Larijani registered in the presidential election" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  28. ↑ Sanger, David E.; Fassihi, Farnaz; Broadwater, Luke (8 March 2025). "Trump Offers to Reopen Nuclear Talks in a Letter to Iran's Supreme Leader". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  29. ↑ Sampson, Eve (8 March 2025). "Iran's Leader Rebuffs Trump's Outreach Over Its Nuclear Program". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  30. ↑ Bigg, Matthew Mpoke (10 March 2025). "Iran Signals Openness to Limited Nuclear Talks With U.S." The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  31. ↑ "Iran will have 'no choice' but to get nukes if attacked, says Khamenei adviser". France 24. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  32. ↑ Campa, Kelly; Borens, Avery; Morrison, Nidal; Moorman, Carolyn; Schmida, Ben; Reddy, Ria; Ganzeveld, Annika (17 June 2025). "Iran Update Special Report, June 17, 2025, Evening Edition". Critical Threats Project. Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of War . Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  33. ↑ "US bombed 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says". Politico . 22 June 2025.
  34. ↑ "Iran's president appoints moderate politician to top security post". AP News. 6 August 2025.
  35. ↑ Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Routledge, p. 149, ISBN   978-1317525646
  36. ↑ Gareth Smyth (11 December 2015). "A realignment of Iran's political factions underway as elections loom". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  37. ↑ Mohseni, Payam (2016). "Factionalism, Privatization, and the Political economy of regime transformation". In Brumberg, Daniel; Farhi, Farideh (eds.). Power and Change in Iran: Politics of Contention and Conciliation. Indiana Series in Middle East Studies. Indiana University Press. p. 43. ISBN   9780253020796.
  38. ↑ Kaveh-Cyrus Sanandaji (2009), "The Eighth Majles Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Division in Conservative Ranks and the Politics of Moderation", Iranian Studies, 42 (4): 621–648, doi:10.1080/00210860903106345, S2CID   153397356
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  40. ↑ Monavar Khalaj (23 February 2016). "Iran elections explained: What are Iranians voting for?". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  41. ↑ Katayoun Kishi (24 February 2016). "Iran's Election Coalitions". United States Institute of Peace. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  42. 1 2 3 Ehsan Bodaghi (4 May 2017). "'National dialogue' initiative indicates shifting political sands in Iran". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  43. ↑ Saheb Sadeghi (7 February 2017). "Why this Iranian conservative-turned-moderate will succeed Rafsanjani". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  44. ↑ Randjbar Daemi, Siavush (8 August 2013). "In Iran, Rowhani's first cabinet strikes a complex balance". The Conversation. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  45. ↑ "ظریف محبوب‌ترین چهره سیاسی ایران". Information and Public Opinion Solutions LLC (in Persian). 24 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  46. ↑ Erdbrink, Thomas (5 February 2013). "High-Level Feud Bares Tensions in Iran". The New York Times.
  47. ↑ Sohrabi, Naghmeh (July 2011). "The Power Struggle in Iran: A Centrist Comeback?" (PDF). Middle East Brief (53).
  48. ↑ "While Iran's leaders demonize America, their children study here". The Washington Times .
  49. ↑ Iran’s Parliament Speaker Larijani Quarantined With Coronavirus

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