Presidents of Iran

Ali Hosseini Khamenei was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the second supreme leader of Iran from 1989 until his assassination in the 2026 Iran war. A member of the Khamenei family, he previously served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He held the title Grand Ayatollah, and his tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years and six months, made him the longest-serving head of state in West Asia at the time of his death.

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

President of Iran from 1997 to 2005

Ebrahim Raisolsadati, better known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. A protégé of supreme leader Ali Khamenei and a Principlist, Raisi was the second and most recent Iranian president to die in office after Mohammad-Ali Rajai.

Masoud Pezeshkian is an Iranian politician and former heart surgeon who has served as the ninth president of Iran since 2024. A member of the reformist faction, he is the oldest person to serve in this position, taking office at the age of 69.

Iranian politician (1934–2017)

Iranian politician and economist, and Iran's first President (1933–2021)

The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the head of government of Iran. While the president is also Iran's head of state, the system of government established after the Islamic Revolution provides that the president must perform his functions in conformity with the directives of the supreme leader, who is the highest political and religious authority in the country.

Iranian Prime Minister and President of Iran (1933-1981)

Acting President of Iran during 2024

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