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The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: رئیسجمهور ایران, romanized: Rais Jomhure Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the supreme leader. [3] The first election was held in 1980 and was won by Abulhassan Banisadr.
Masoud Pezeshkian [a] (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and physician who has been serving as the ninth president of Iran since 28 July 2024. [2]Pezeshkian served as governor of Piranshahr and Naghadeh counties and was elected to the Iranian parliament five times, representing Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district.
He is the highest nominally popularly elected official in Iran, although he answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state. Chapter 9 (Articles 133–142) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran sets forth the qualifications for presidential candidates and procedures for election, as well as the ...
The United Nations sanctioned Eslami in 2008 for “being engaged in, directly associated with or providing support for Iran’s proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities or for the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems”, when he was the head of Iran’s Defense Industries Training and Research Institute.
This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980. The president of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the country. The current president, Masoud Pezeshkian has been in office since 28 July 2024 after winning the 2024 Iranian presidential election.
Masoud Pezeshkian is the ninth President of Iran.He took the position on 28 July, after the presidential election that was held in Iran in June–July 2024. [1] [2] His presidential decree was signed on July 28, 2024, by the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Khamenei, and his government formally started its work.
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the head of Iran, an Iranian propaganda poster The office was established by the Constitution of Iran in 1979, pursuant to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 's concept of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist , [ 16 ] and is a lifetime appointment. [ 17 ]
Mehdi Chamran, Chairman of the Islamic City Council of Tehran; Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council; Alireza Zakani, Mayor of Tehran; Peyman Jebelli, Head of IRIB; Amir Saeed Iravani, Permanent Representative to the United Nations