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Leader of the Revolution: 37 Ruhollah Khomeini: 1900-1989 5 February 1979: 3 December 1979 Independent . Supreme Leader of Iran (37) Ruhollah Khomeini: 1900-1989 3 December 1979: 3 June 1989: Independent . 38 Ali Khamenei: 1939–present 4 June 1989: Incumbent Independent [b].
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.
The supreme leader of Iran, [note 1] also referred to as the supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution, [2] [note 2] but officially called the supreme leadership authority, [note 3] is the head of state and the highest political and religious authority of Iran (above the president).
The establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran led to the restructuring of its political system, with Ayatollah Khomeini as the Supreme Leader. Iran's foreign relations have been shaped by the Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988), ongoing tensions with the United States, and its nuclear program, which has been a point of contention in international ...
After the success of what would become known as a revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran as its religious and political leader for life. Khomeini had been an opposition leader to Shah for many years, rising to prominence after the death of his mentor, renowned scholar Yazdi Ha'iri, in the 1930s. [147]
The procedures for presidential election and all other elections in Iran are outlined by the supreme leader. [13] The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election by universal adult suffrage by everyone of at least 18 years of age. [26] Presidents can only be reelected once if in a consecutive manner. [27]
Later Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei assumes office as the President of Iran under Supreme Leader Khomenei. 1988: 20 August: The Iran–Iraq War ends in a stalemate. The Iran–Iraq War was the deadliest conventional war ever fought between regular armies of developing countries. [14]
In 1979, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown by an Islamic Revolution in Iran, replacing its millennia-old monarchy with a theocratic republic. Shortly after, the leader of the Revolution, a senior Islamic jurist named Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, also transliterated Khumaynî, successfully supported referendums to declare Iran an Islamic Republic in March 1979, and to approve a ...