Chief Justice of Iran

The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Chief Justice is also the highest judge of the Supreme Court of Iran.

The Chief Justice can serve for two five-year terms.

 List of Chief Justices since 1979
No. Chief Picture Took office Left officePolitical Party appointer1 Mehdi Sajjadian*  100px 4 April 1979 23 February 1980None Asadollah Mobasheri2 Mohammad Beheshti 100px 23 February 1980  28 June 1981 Islamic Republican Party Ruhollah Khomeini3 Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili 100px 28 June 1981 15 August 1989 Islamic Republican Party4Mohammad Yazdi100px15 August 1989 14 August 1999 Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Ali Khamenei Combatant Clergy Association5 Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 100px 14 August 1999  14 August 2009 Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom6Sadeq Larijani100px14 August 2009	 7 March 2019  Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom Combatant Clergy Association7Ebrahim Raisi100px7 March 2019  1 July 2021Combatant Clergy Association8Gholam-Hosseini Mohseni-Eje'i100px1 July 2021Incumbent Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom

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