The president of Iran is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He is the second highest-ranking official, after the Supreme Leader. The first election was held in 1980 and Abulhassan Banisadr won. Mohammad Mokhber, the first vice president, is acting as president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi on 19 May 2024.
Special Clerical Court, or Special Court for Clerics is a special Iranian judicial system for prosecuting crimes, both ordinary and political, committed by Islamic clerics and scholars. The Special Clerical Court can defrock and disbar Islamic jurists, give sentences of imprisonment, corporal punishment, execution, etc. The court functions independently of the regular Iranian judicial framework, with its own security and prison systems, "generally secret and confidential" cases, proceedings and procedures, and is accountable only to the Supreme Leader of Iran,. The most senior Islamic politician to be prosecuted and sentenced to prison since the Iranian Revolution was Abdollah Nouri who was sentenced to five years in prison for political and religious dissent by the court in 1999.
A series of mass executions of political prisoners ordered by Ayatollah Khomeini and carried out by Iranian officials took place across Iran, starting on 19 July 1988 and continuing for approximately five months. Many of the prisoners were also subject to torture. The killings took place in at least 32 cities across the country. The killings were perpetrated without any legislative basis and trials were not concerned with establishing the guilt or innocence of defendants. Great care was taken to conceal the killings, and the government of Iran currently denies their occurrence.
The Imam Sadiq University is an Islamic private university in Tehran, Iran. Established in 1982, the goal of the university is to bridge the gap between Islamic research and modern studies, especially humanities. The university was dedicated to training politicians and jurists preaching Islam. Reflecting its commitment to Islamic principles, the university separates educational environments for female and male students.
Sayyid Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei is an Iranian Shia cleric and son of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran. He served in the Iran–Iraq War from 1987 to 1988. He also reportedly took control of the Basij militia that was used to suppress the protests over the 2009 election.
The Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution is a conservative-dominated body based in Qom, set up at the time of Ayatollah Khomeini. Its decisions can only be overruled by Iran's Supreme Leader. Most of its members were appointed by Ali Khamenei, Khomeini's successor.
The President of Iran is ex officio the chairman of the council.
Ali Bagheri Kani is an Iranian diplomat who is currently acting Minister of Foreign Affairs. Before that he was political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran since September 2021. He is considered to be close to the Principlists and to be part of the inner circle of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Bakrabad Rural District is in the Central District of Varzaqan County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Bakrabad.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in 2024. He was the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs between 2011 and 2016.
Ebrahim Raisolsadati, commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian politician who served as the eighth president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. Raisi began his clerical studies at age 15. He was a Muslim jurist and part of the Principlist group.
An election for the third Supreme Leader of Iran is scheduled to be held following the end of the current tenure of Ali Khamenei. As of January 2024, no person has been officially declared as the heir to the current leader nor as a nominee, though various sources have written on potential candidates.
Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, also known as "Ayatollah Ale-Hashem" was an Iranian jurist and Twelver Shia cleric who was the representative of Vali-e-Faqih in the province of East Azerbaijan, and Imam of Friday Prayer in Tabriz.
Ebrahim Raisi was the eighth President of Iran. He served his term as president prior to his death in a helicopter crash and, second to the Supreme Leader, was leading the thirteenth government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili is an Iranian lawyer and politician. He has served as the chief of staff of the president of Iran since 8 August 2021.
Events in the year 2024 in Iran.
On 19 May 2024, an Iranian Air Force helicopter crashed near the village of Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran, killing President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor-General of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, representative of the supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the head of the president's security team, and three flight crew. It was en route in a convoy of three from the Giz Galasi Dam to Tabriz.
Malek Rahmati was an Iranian politician who served as governor-general of East Azerbaijan province from January 2024 until his death in May 2024. He had previously headed the Privatization Organization of Iran from 2023 to 2024.
Early presidential elections in Iran will be held on 28 June 2024 following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi.
Mohammad Mokhber is the acting President of Iran. He is currently serving his term as acting president and, second to the Supreme Leader, is leading an interim government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. On 19 May 2024, after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Mokhber assumed the role of Acting President of Iran and was confirmed in his position by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 20 May. The cabinet of Mohammad Mokhber was inherited from the cabinet of Ebrahim Raisi. The main responsibility of this government will be holding a new presidential election which is set to be held on 28 June 2024.
