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Mohammad Mokhber
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Key facts
- Supreme leader
- Ali Khamenei
- Vice president
- Himself
- Preceded by
- Ebrahim Raisi
- Succeeded by
- Masoud Pezeshkian
- President
- Ebrahim Raisi Himself (acting)
- Appointed by
- Ali Khamenei
- Chairman
- Sadeq Larijani
- Born
- ( 1955-06-26 ) 26 June 1955 (age 70) , Dezful , Iran
- Party
- Independent , Historical: , Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization
- Other political affiliations
- Principlist
- Allegiance
- Iran
- Branch service
- Revolutionary Guards
- Years of service
- 1980-1988
- Unit
- Medical Corps
- Battles wars
- Iran–Iraq War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Dezful
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Iran
- Political party
- independent politician
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Conflict
- Iran–Iraq War
- Image
- MMokhber.png
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- Mohammad Mokhber
- date of birth
- 1955-06-26
- Commons category
- Mohammad Mokhber
- name in native language
- محمد مخبر
- member of
- Expediency Discernment Council
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Encyclopedic overview
Mohammad Mokhber (born 26 June 1955) is an Iranian politician who served as the acting president of Iran in 2024 following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash, having been the first vice president of Iran from 2021 to 2024 under Raisi. He has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since September 2022 and served as an advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran from September 2024 to February 2026.
Previously, he was also the head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order committee (EIKO, a.k.a. Setad), an executive at the Mostazafan Foundation, chairman of the board of Sina Bank, deputy governor of Khuzestan Province and CEO of Dezful Telecommunications. During the Iraq-Iran war, he was a medical officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and before the war he was a member of the revolutionary Mansurun Group.
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