Prosecutor-General of Iran

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Prosecutor-General of Iran
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Incumbent
Mohammad Movahedi-Azad
since August 6, 2023
Style Prosecutor General (Attorney-General)
Appointer Chief Justice of Iran
Term length 5 years
Inaugural holderFathollah Banisadr
Formation1979

The prosecutor-general of Iran (or attorney-general), in the judicial system of Iran, is a "just mujtahid " appointed by the head of the judiciary in consultation with the judges of the Supreme Court to serve for a period of five years. [1]

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As the head of the prosecutor-general's office, they supervise prosecutor's offices in the country. At the same time, they have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions, setting priorities in the hearings of cases in their role as the head of the public prosecution for the state.

List of recent prosecutors-general

NameLifespanTook officeLeft officeAppointed by
1Fathollah Banisadr1931–199619791980 Asadollah Mobasheri
2 Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili 1926–201619801981 Ruhollah Khomeini
3Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi1937–198519811983
4 Yousef Saanei 1937–202019831985
5 Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha born 194519851989
6 Mohammad Reyshahri 1946–202219891991 Mohammad Yazdi
7 Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi 1935–200319911994
8 Morteza Moghtadai born 193619942001
9 Abdul-Nabi Namazi 1945–202420012004 Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
10 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi born 195023 August 200424 August 2009
11 Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i born 195624 August 200923 August 2014 Sadeq Larijani
12 Ebrahim Raisi born 196023 August 20146 March 2016
13 Mohammad Jafar Montazeri born 19491 April 20166 August 2023
14 Mohammad Movahedi-Azad born 19606 August 2023Incumbent Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

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References

  1. "Iranian government constitution, The Judiciary". iranonline.com.