The president of Iran is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the Supreme Leader. The first election was held in 1980 and Abulhassan Banisadr won. Mohammad Mokhber, the first vice president, is acting as president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi on 19 May 2024.
Saeed Jalili is an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council, and was also the nuclear negotiator of Iran.
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian Shia cleric and son of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. He served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. He also reportedly took control of the Basij militia that was used to suppress the protests over the 2009 election.
The Cabinet of Iran is a formal body composed of government officials, ministers, chosen and led by the President of Iran. Its composition must be approved by a vote in parliament. According to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a president may dismiss members of the cabinet, but must do so in writing, and new appointees must again be approved by parliament. The cabinet meets weekly on Saturdays in Tehran. There may be additional meetings as circumstances require. The president chairs them. The Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei has the power to dismiss cabinet members like ministers, vice presidents and presidents at any time, regardless of parliamentary decisions.
Ali Bagheri Kani is an Iranian diplomat who is currently acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. Before that he was political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran since September 2021. He is considered to be close to the Principlists and to be part of the inner circle of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Presidential Administration of Iran consists of the immediate staff of the current President of Iran and multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. It is located in Pasteur Street.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in 2024. He was the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs between 2011 and 2016.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 19 May 2017, the twelfth of such elections. Local elections were held simultaneously.
Ebrahim Raisolsadati, commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. He was a Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group.
The Ebrahim Raisi 2017 presidential campaign began when Ebrahim Raisi, chairman of the Astan Quds Razavi, launched his campaign for the 2017 presidential election. Raisi's campaign pursued a populist agenda.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 18 June 2021, the thirteenth since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Ebrahim Raisi, the then Chief Justice of Iran, was declared the winner in a highly controversial election. The election began with the mass disqualification of popular candidates by the Guardian Council, and broke records of the lowest turnout in Iranian electoral history, as well as had the highest share of protest blank, invalid and lost votes despite a declaration by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, considering protest voting religiously forbidden (haraam) as it would "weaken the regime." Reporters Without Borders reported 42 cases of journalists being summoned or threatened for writing about candidates, and the chief of the police threatened people who discouraged others to vote.
An election for the third Supreme Leader of Iran is scheduled to be held following the end of the current tenure of Ali Khamenei. As of January 2024, no person has been officially declared as the heir to the current leader nor as a nominee, though various sources have written on potential candidates.
Mohammad Mokhber is an Iranian politician who has been serving as the acting president of Iran since the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. Before he was elevated to the role of acting president, Mokhber held the position of First Vice President of Iran. He has also been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, the head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order committee (EIKO), chairman of the Sina Bank board, and deputy governor of Khuzestan Province.
Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, also known as "Ayatollah Ale-Hashem" was an Iranian jurist and Twelver Shia cleric who was the representative of Vali-e-Faqih in the province of East Azerbaijan, and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz.
Ebrahim Raisi was the eighth President of Iran. He served his term as president prior to his death in a helicopter crash and, second to the Supreme Leader, was leading the thirteenth government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Events in the year 2024 in Iran.
On 19 May 2024, an Iranian Air Force helicopter crashed near the village of Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran, killing President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor-General of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, representative of the supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the head of the president's security team, and three flight crew. It was en route in a convoy of three from the Giz Galasi Dam to Tabriz.
Malek Rahmati was an Iranian politician who served as governor-general of East Azerbaijan province from January 2024 until his death in May 2024. He had previously served as deputy director of the Astan Quds Razavi from 2021 to 2023, and headed the Privatization Organization of Iran from 2023 to 2024.
Early presidential elections in Iran will be held on 28 June 2024 following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on 19 May.
