Members of the Expediency Discernment Council

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and a strong supporter of Iran's nuclear program. 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 the mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005, reversing many of his predecessor's reforms.

President of Iran from 2013 to 2021

Iranian politician (1934–2017)

Ali Ardashir Larijani was an Iranian politician, military officer, and philosopher who served as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2025 until his assassination in 2026. He had previously served in the position from 2005 to 2007. From late December 2025 until his assassination, he was widely considered to be one of the leaders of Iran.

Iranian architect and politician

Iranian politician and senior military officer

Iranian politician and physician (born 1945)

First Vice President of Iran and reformist politician

Iranian politician

Iranian politician and former chairman of the Parliament

Iranian ayatollah

Iranian politician

Iranian cleric (1946–2022)

Iranian cleric (1925–2020)

Iranian politician

Iranian cleric

Iranian Ayatollah

Iranian cleric

Iranian cleric and politician

Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council

Iranian ayatollah (1935-2016)

Iranian cleric

Iranian cleric (1931–2024)

Iranian politician

Iranian politician

Member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the Assembly of Experts (1938-2019)

Iranian politician and cleric (born 1954)

Iranian politician

Iranian politician

Iranian politician

Iranian ayatollah

Iranian ayatollah

Iranian Shi'a cleric