Vice President of Iran

The Vice President of Iran (Persian: معاون رئیس‌جمهور ایران, M'avân-e Renisjimhur-e Iran) is a politician hired by the President of Iran to lead an organization related to Presidential activities. As of August 2019^[update], there are 12 Vice Presidents in Iran.

First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbent Mohammad Reza Aref (First) and 11 others since 28 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet
Residence	Boostan Palace, Sa'dabad Complex
Appointer	The President
Term length	No term
Inaugural holder	Hassan Habibi September 1, 1989
Succession	First (in line of presidential succession)
Website	The First Vice Presidency

The First Vice President (Persian: معاون‌اول) is the most important as he or she leads cabinet meetings when the president cannot.^[1]

List

Reformist   Principlist

No.		Vice President (Birth–Death)	Picture	Took office	Left office	Party		President
1		Hassan Habibi (1937–2013)		1 September 1989	11 September 2001	—		Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
							Executives of Construction Party (Since 1996)
								Mohammad Khatami
2		Mohammad-Reza Aref (born 1951)		11 September 2001	11 September 2005		Islamic Iran Participation Front
3		Parviz Davoodi (born 1952)		11 September 2005	17 July 2009	—		Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
4		Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (born 1960)		17 July 2009	25 July 2009
Office vacant from 25 July to 13 September 2009
5		Mohammad Reza Rahimi (born 1949)		13 September 2009	5 August 2013	—
6		Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957)		5 August 2013	8 August 2021		Executives of Construction Party	Hassan Rouhani
5		Mohammad Mokhber (born 1955)		8 August 2021	28 July 2024	—		Ebrahim Raisi
(2)		Mohammad-Reza Aref (born 1951)		28 July 2024	Incumbent		Islamic Iran Participation Front	Masoud Pezeshkian