The president of Iran is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader.
Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja' and politician who has been the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. He previously served as third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei is the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East,as well as the second-longest-serving Iranian leader of the last century,after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri was an Iranian Shia Islamic theologian,Islamic democracy advocate,writer and human rights activist. He was one of the leaders of the Iranian Revolution and one of the highest-ranking authorities in Shīʿite Islam. He was once the designated successor to the revolution's Supreme Leader,Ayatollah Khomeini,but they had a falling-out in 1989 over government policies that Montazeri claimed infringed on people's freedom and denied them their rights,especially after the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners. Montazeri spent his later years in Qom and remained politically influential in Iran,but was placed in house arrest in 1997 for questioning "the unaccountable rule exercised by the supreme leader",Ali Khamenei,who succeeded Khomeini in his stead. He was known as the most knowledgeable senior Islamic scholar in Iran and a grand marja of Shia Islam. Ayatollah Montazeri was said to be one of Khamenei's teachers.
Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi is an Iranian politician who was minister of culture and Islamic guidance of Iran from 21 August 2005 until 23 July 2009 when he resigned after opposing the appointment of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as vice president. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i is an Iranian conservative politician,Islamic jurist and prosecutor who currently serves as Chief Justice of Iran.
Sayyid Parviz Fattah is an Iranian conservative politician and former member of Revolutionary Guard. He is currently head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order since 2023.
Mohammad Hossein-Zadeh Hejazi was an Iranian military commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi is an Iranian politician and prosecutor,who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was minister of interior from 2005 to 2008 and minister of justice from 2013 until 2017. Pourmohammadi is reportedly implicated in the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian principlist and nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was known for his hardline views and nuclearisation of Iran. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran,a coalition of conservative political groups in the country,and served as mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005,reversing many of his predecessor's reforms.
Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi is an Iranian politician. He was a "senior adviser" to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and deputy interior minister for political affairs. He is said to have "strong ties to the Revolutionary Guard Corps and to the intelligence services" and to be "a constant presence at the president's side,in every cabinet meeting and during midday prayers at the office..." and acting "more as a cross between Iran's Karl Rove and a [American] president's chief of staff."
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei is an Iranian conservative politician and former intelligence officer. As a senior Cabinet member in the administration of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,he served as Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2013,and served as the fourth first vice president of Iran for one week in 2009 until his resignation was ordered by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Cabinet of Iran is a formal body composed of government officials,ministers,chosen and led by a President. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Parliament. According to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran,the President may dismiss members of the cabinet,but must do so in writing,and new appointees must again be approved by the Parliament. The cabinet meets weekly on Saturdays in Tehran. There may be additional meetings if circumstances require it. The president chairs the meetings. The Supreme Leader has the power to dismiss cabinet members like ministers and vice presidents,as well as the President,at any time,regardless of the Parliament's decisions.
Sayyid Masoud Mir Kazemi is an Iranian conservative politician and the former Vice President of Iran and head of Plan and Budget Organization. He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from Tehran district from 2012 until 2016,and also previously served at two ministerial posts in the cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad consists of the 9th and 10th governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ahmadinejad's government began in August 2005 after his election as the 6th president of Iran and continued after his re-election in 2009. Ahmadinejad left office in August 2013 at the end of his second term. His administration was succeeded by the 11th government,led by Hassan Rouhani.
Sayyid Shamseddin Hosseini is an Iranian politician,who served as the minister of economic affairs and finance from 2008 to 2013.
Ali Nikzad is an Iranian conservative politician and academic and a former cabinet minister.
Abdolreza Sheykholeslami is an Iranian politician who is the former Minister of Cooperatives,Labour and Social Welfare. Before that,he was the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2009 to 2011. He was dismissed from office on 3 February 2013,being the ninth minister to be fired during the second term of president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad since 2009.
Morteza Bakhtiari is an Iranian politician who served as Minister of Justice from 2009 to 2013.
Mohammad Hosseini is an Iranian politician and who is currently serving as the vice president for parliamentary affairs in the cabinet of Ebrahim Raisi.
Mohammad Saeedikia is an Iranian politician who was the former head of Mostazafan Foundation,from 2014 to 2019. He served as a government minister in different cabinets last of which was minister of housing and urban development from 2005 to 2009.
