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{{short description|Head of government of Iran}}
{{About||the list|List of presidents of Iran}}
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| body = the<br />Islamic Republic of Iran
| native_name = {{native name|fa|رئیس جمهوری اسلامی ایران}}
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| imagecaption = Masoud in kazan 2024
| incumbent = [[Masoud Pezeshkian]]
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| incumbentsince = 28 July 2024
| department = [[Presidential Administration of Iran|Presidential Administration]]
| style = [[President (government title)|Mr. President]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tehran.embassy.qa/en/news/detail/2020/01/13/hh-the-amir-president-of-iran-give-joint-press-statements |title=HH The Amir, President of Iran Give Joint Press Statements |publisher=Qatar Embassy in London |date=12 January 2020 |access-date=29 May 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806142315/http://tehran.embassy.qa/en/news/detail/2020/01/13/hh-the-amir-president-of-iran-give-joint-press-statements |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| residence = {{ubl|[[Presidential Administration of Iran|Presidential Administration]]<br />(working)|[[Sa'dabad Complex]]|(ceremonial and residence)}}
| seat = [[Pasteur Street]], [[Tehran]]
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| appointer = [[Direct election|Direct vote]]
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| termlength = 4 years, renewable once consecutively
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| formation = {{start date and age|1980|2|4|df=y}}
| first = [[Abolhassan Banisadr]]
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| deputy = [[Vice President of Iran|First Vice President]]
| salary = {{To USD|538592400|IRN|year=2019|round=yes}} USD annually (538,592,400 [[Iranian rial|﷼]])(as of 2019)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/577060/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA |title=حقوق رئیس جمهور و نمایندگان چقدر است؟ |publisher=Mashreghnews.ir |date=2019-06-29 |access-date=2019-07-09 |archive-date=2017-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215181154/http://www.mashreghnews.ir/fa/news/577060/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA |url-status=live }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.president.ir/|Official website}}
| footnotes = 
}}
The '''president of the Islamic Republic of Iran''' ({{langx|fa|رئیس‌جمهور ایران|Rais Jomhur-e Irān}}) is the [[head of government]] of [[Iran]] and the second highest-ranking official, after the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|supreme leader]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-06-17 |title=Who is in charge of Iran? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-57260831 |access-date=2024-10-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The [[1980 Iranian presidential election|first election]] was held in 1980 and was won by [[Abulhassan Banisadr]]. [[Masoud Pezeshkian]] currently serves as the president of Iran, after being elected in the [[2024 Iranian presidential election]] and being officially endorsed by the supreme leader.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-28 |title=Iran's supreme leader endorses reformist Pezeshkian as new president. He takes oath Tuesday |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-supreme-leader-endorsement-new-president-khamenei-pezeshkian-a9ecb0eb8e20ed8b92602e5d507fe616 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
{{Main|List of presidents of Iran}}
{{Politics of Iran}}
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After the [[Iranian Revolution]] of 1979 and [[1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum]] on March 29 and 30, the new government needed to craft a new constitution. Supreme Leader [[Ruhollah Khomeini]], ordered an election for the [[Assembly of Experts]], the body tasked with writing the constitution.{{cn|date=April 2024}} The assembly presented the constitution on October 24, 1979, and Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini and Prime Minister [[Mehdi Bazargan]] approved it.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

The 1979 Constitution designated the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|supreme leader of Iran]] as the head of state and the president and [[Prime Minister of Iran|prime minister]] as the heads of government.{{explain|reason=How can both be leaders of the government? What were their roles?|date=May 2024}} The post of prime minister was abolished in 1989.{{cn|date=July 2024}}

The [[1980 Iranian presidential election|first Iranian presidential election]] was held on January 25, 1980, and resulted in the election of [[Abulhassan Banisadr]] with 76% of the votes.{{cn|date=October 2024}} Banisadr was impeached on June 22, 1981, by [[Parliament of Iran|Parliament]].{{cn|date=October 2024}} Until the [[July 1981 Iranian presidential election|early election on July 24, 1981]], the duties of the president were undertaken by the Provisional Presidential Council.{{cn|date=October 2024}} [[Mohammad-Ali Rajai]] was elected president on July 24, 1981, and took office on August 2. Rajai was in office for less than one month because he and his prime minister were both assassinated in [[1981 Iranian Prime Minister's office bombing|a bombing]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says |url=https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520030612/https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48 |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=Associated Press}}</ref> Once again a Provisional Presidential Council filled the office until October 13, 1981, when [[Ali Khamenei]] was elected president.

The [[2005 Iranian presidential election|election on August 3, 2005]] resulted in a victory for [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].{{cn|date=October 2024}} The [[2009 Iranian presidential election|election on June 12, 2009]] was reported by government authorities as a victory for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the incumbent candidate, although this is greatly disputed by supporters of rival candidates, who noted the statistical anomalies in voting reports and large-scale overvoting in the officially announced tallies.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.elections.protests/index.html|title=Moussavi vows to 'pay any cost' to fight Iran election results|date=2009-06-15|work=CNN|access-date=2017-05-22|archive-date=2019-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011082807/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.elections.protests/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Ali Khamenei]], [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]], [[Mohammad Khatami]], [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] and [[Hassan Rouhani]] were each elected president for two terms.

The most recent president of Iran was [[Ebrahim Raisi]]. He succeeded [[Hassan Rouhani]], who served eight years in office from 2013 to 2021.{{cn|date=October 2024}} On May 19, 2024, [[2024 Varzaqan helicopter crash|a helicopter carrying Raisi crashed]] in the East Azerbaijan Province of Iran. There were no survivors at the crash site.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Regencia |first=Ted |title=Rescuers find helicopter of Iran president, foreign minister after crash |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/5/19/iran-helicopter-accident-live-president-fm-on-missing-aircraft |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> Raisi was the second president of Iran to have died in office.<ref name=":0" /> [[Taghi Rahmani]], the husband of detained activist and Nobel laureate [[Narges Mohammadi]], said Raisi's death would not structurally change the Iranian leadership under Khamenei.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Parent |first=Deepa |date=2024-05-20 |title='People are in no mood to mourn': mixed reactions in Tehran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/20/people-are-in-no-mood-to-mourn-mixed-reactions-in-tehran-after-death-of-president-ebrahim-raisi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520205135/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/may/20/people-are-in-no-mood-to-mourn-mixed-reactions-in-tehran-after-death-of-president-ebrahim-raisi |archive-date=20 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Following his death, first vice president [[Mohammad Mokhber]] was designated as acting president until new elections could be held on 28 June.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

== Office ==
[[Image:Presidential Administration of Iran building.jpg|thumb|left|[[Presidential Administration of Iran]], office of the President in Pastor Street, Tehran]]
The president is required to gain the supreme leader's official approval before being sworn in by the [[Islamic Consultative Assembly|Parliament]], and the supreme leader has the power to dismiss the elected president if he has either been impeached by Parliament or found guilty of a constitutional violation by the Supreme Court. The supreme leader holds all the power.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Erdbrink|first=Thomas|date=2011-10-25|title=Iran's supreme leader floats proposal to abolish presidency|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/irans-supreme-leader-floats-proposal-to-abolish-presidency/2011/10/25/gIQAsOUKGM_story.html|access-date=2021-06-16|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=2019-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221094151/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/irans-supreme-leader-floats-proposal-to-abolish-presidency/2011/10/25/gIQAsOUKGM_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The president answers to the supreme leader, who functions as the country's [[head of state]], and executes his decrees.<ref name="ReferenceA">(see Article 110 of the constitution).</ref><ref name="servat.unibe.ch">{{cite web |author=Axel Tschentscher |url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html |title=ICL – Iran – Constitution |publisher=Servat.unibe.ch |access-date=2019-07-09 |archive-date=2018-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093931/http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Unlike the executive in other countries, the president of Iran does not have full control over the government, which is ultimately under the direct control of the supreme leader.<ref name="ReferenceA" /><ref name="servat.unibe.ch" /> Before [[Elections in Iran|elections]], nominees to become a presidential candidate must be approved by the [[Guardian Council]]. Members of the Guardian Council are chosen by the supreme leader.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Council of Guardians {{!}} Definition, Role, Selection, & History|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Council-of-Guardians|access-date=2021-03-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218191957/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Council-of-Guardians|url-status=live}}</ref> The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term by [[Direct election|direct vote]] and is not permitted to run for more than two consecutive terms.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

Chapter IX of the [[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran]] sets forth the qualifications for presidential candidates. The procedures for presidential election and all other elections in Iran are outlined by the supreme leader.<ref name="Tehran Times">{{Cite news |url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/407304/Leader-outlines-elections-guidelines-calls-for-transparency|title=Leader outlines elections guidelines, calls for transparency|date=2016-10-15|work=Tehran Times|access-date=2017-05-21|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143515/http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/407304/Leader-outlines-elections-guidelines-calls-for-transparency|url-status=live}}</ref> The president functions as the executive of the decrees and wishes of the supreme leader, including: signing [[treaties]] with foreign countries and international organizations; and administering national planning, budget, and state employment affairs.<ref name="Middle East Eye">{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/khamenei-lashes-out-rafsanjani-and-rouhani-rare-iran-public-spat-1261460510|title=Iran's Khamenei hits out at Rafsanjani in rare public rebuke|work=Middle East Eye|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2016-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404031405/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/khamenei-lashes-out-rafsanjani-and-rouhani-rare-iran-public-spat-1261460510|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="al-monitor.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/iran-green-climate-change-khamenei.html|title=Khamenei says Iran must go green – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East|work=Al-Monitor|date=17 November 2015 |access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2015-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222135539/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/11/iran-green-climate-change-khamenei.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi">{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-missiles-idUSBREA4E11V20140516|title=Exclusive: Iran pursues ballistic missile work, complicating nuclear talks|author=Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi|date=16 May 2014|work=Reuters|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731230530/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-missiles-idUSBREA4E11V20140516|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="en.iranwire.com">{{cite web|url=https://en.iranwire.com/features/5272/|title=IranWire – Asking for a Miracle: Khamenei's Economic Plan |access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2016-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307035444/https://en.iranwire.com/features/5272/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Al-Monitor">{{Cite news|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/khamenei-plans-increase-iran-population.html |title=Khamenei outlines 14-point plan to increase population|date=2014-05-22|work=Al-Monitor|access-date=2017-05-21|language=en-us|archive-date=2017-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801000839/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/khamenei-plans-increase-iran-population.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="payvand.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/06/jul/1055.html|title=Iran: Executive, legislative branch officials endorse privatization plan|website=www.payvand.com|access-date=2017-05-21|archive-date=2017-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105175931/http://www.payvand.com/news/06/jul/1055.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ali Vafadar|title=The constitution and political change|year=1995|page=559}}</ref>

The president appoints the ministers, subject to the approval of Parliament and the supreme leader, who can dismiss or reinstate any of the ministers and [[Vice President of Iran|vice presidents]] at any time, regardless of the president or parliament's decision.<ref name="stalbertgazette.com">{{Cite news|url=http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/GB/20110420/CP01/304209937/-1/sag0806/iranian-lawmakers-warn-ahmadinejad-to-back-intelligence-chief-as |title=Iranian lawmakers warn Ahmadinejad to accept intelligence chief as political feud deepens|work=CP |access-date=2017-05-21|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808034040/http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/GB/20110420/CP01/304209937/-1/sag0806/iranian-lawmakers-warn-ahmadinejad-to-back-intelligence-chief-as |archive-date=2017-08-08}}</ref><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8168202.stm |title=BBC NEWS – Middle East – Iranian vice-president 'sacked'|access-date=2017-01-01|archive-date=2018-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003041952/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8168202.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Amir Saeed Vakil, Pouryya Askary|title=constitution in now law like order|date=2004|page=362}}</ref> The supreme leader also directly chooses the ministers of defense, intelligence, foreign affairs, and interior, as well as certain other ministries, such as the Science Ministry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/10/iran-science-minister-rouhani-administration-mansour-gholami.html |title=Did Khamenei block Rouhani's science minister? |publisher=Al-monitor.com |date=2017-10-23 |access-date=2019-07-09 |archive-date=2017-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024043116/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/10/iran-science-minister-rouhani-administration-mansour-gholami.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Iran's foreign policy is directly controlled by the [[office of the Supreme Leader|office of the supreme leader]], with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' role limited to protocol and ceremonial occasions. All of Iran's [[ambassadors]] to Arab countries, for example, are chosen by the [[Quds Corps]], which reports directly to the supreme leader.<ref name="english.aawsat.com">{{cite web |url=https://english.aawsat.com/amir-taheri/features/khamenei-orders-new-supervisory-body-curtail-government |title=Khamenei Orders New Supervisory Body to Curtail Government |publisher=ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive |date=2017-09-25 |access-date=2019-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010083335/https://english.aawsat.com/amir-taheri/features/khamenei-orders-new-supervisory-body-curtail-government |archive-date=2017-10-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The current supreme leader [[Ali Khamenei]], ruling Iran for more than three decades, has issued decrees and made final decisions on [[economy of iran|economy]], [[education in iran|education]], environment, [[foreign relations of iran|foreign policy]], national planning, and almost everything else in the country.<ref name="english.aawsat.com" /><ref name="Middle East Eye" /><ref name="al-monitor.com" /><ref name="Louis Charbonneau and Parisa Hafezi" /><ref name="en.iranwire.com" /><ref name="Al-Monitor" /><ref name="payvand.com" /> Khamenei has also made final decisions on the degree of transparency in [[elections in Iran]],<ref name="Tehran Times" /> and has fired and reinstated [[Cabinet of Iran|presidential cabinet]] appointments.<ref name="stalbertgazette.com" /><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk" />

==Qualifications and election==
The procedures for presidential election and all other elections in Iran are outlined by the supreme leader.<ref name="Tehran Times"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilna.ir/shownews.asp?code=385408&code1=15 |title=شوراي نگهبان افزايش سن رأي‌‏دهندگان از 15 سال به 18 سال را تأييد كرد |website=www.ilna.ir |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513075645/http://www.ilna.ir/shownews.asp?code=385408&code1=15 |archive-date=13 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Presidents can only be reelected once if in a consecutive manner.<ref>{{cite web|title=constitution|url=https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/ir/ir001en.pdf|website=www.wipo.int|access-date=26 December 2020|publication-date=}}.</ref> Candidates for the presidency must be approved by the [[Council of Guardians]], which is a twelve-member body consisting of six clerics selected directly by [[Supreme Leader of Iran|Iran's supreme leader]] (who may also dismiss them and replace them at any time), and six lawyers proposed by the supreme leader–appointed [[Chief Justice of Iran|head of Iran's judicial system]] and subsequently approved by the [[Islamic Consultative Assembly|Majles]].<ref name=baz>{{cite news|first=Mohamad|last=Bazzi|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/06/12/DI2009061202321.html|title=Iran Elections: Latest News|access-date=13 June 2009|newspaper=Washington Post|date=12 June 2009|archive-date=5 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205102852/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/06/12/DI2009061202321.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the Constitution of Iran candidates for the presidency must possess the following qualifications:
*Iranian origin;
*administrative capacity and resourcefulness;
*a good past record;
*trustworthiness and piety; and
*convinced belief in the fundamental principles of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the official [[madhhab]] of the country.<ref>[http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html Constitution of Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093931/http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html |date=2018-08-21 }} Article 115 – Qualifications</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= قانون اساسی جمهوری ملی ایران|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/content/iran_constitution|publisher=Majlis.ir|access-date=2014-03-30|archive-date=2017-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804123552/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/content/iran_constitution|url-status=live}}</ref>

Within these guidelines the council [[veto]]es candidates who it deems unacceptable. The approval process is considered to be a check on the president's power, and usually amounts to a small number of candidates being approved.{{cn|date=October 2024}} In [[1997 Iranian presidential election|the 1997 election]], for example, only four out of 238 presidential candidates were approved by the council.{{cn|date=October 2024}} Some Western observers have routinely criticized the approvals process as a way for the council and supreme leader to ensure that only conservative and like-minded Islamic fundamentalists can win office.{{cn|date=October 2024}} The council denies this, citing approval of [[Iranian reformists]] in previous elections. The council rejects most of the candidates stating that they are not "a well-known political figure", a requirement by the current law.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The president must be elected with a [[majority|simple majority]] of the popular vote. If no candidate receives a majority in the first round, a [[two-round system|runoff election]] is held between the top two candidates.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

The president automatically becomes the head of the [[Council of National Security of Iran|Supreme National Security Council]] and the head of the [[Council of Cultural Revolution of Iran|Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}

=== Legality of a woman to be candidate ===
The legality of women running for presidency depends upon the meaning of one of the criteria the candidate is required to fill. The 115th article of the Iranian constitution states that the president must be elected from among "religious and political ''men''" or "religious and political ''personalities''", depending on the interpretation ({{langx|fa|رجال مذهبی و سیاسی|rejāl-e mazhabi va siāsi}}).<ref>[http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html Constitution of Iran] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093931/http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html |date=2018-08-21 }} Article 115 – Qualifications</ref> In 1997, the Guardian Council used the first interpretation to reject the candidature of Azam Taleghani, the first woman to run for presidency. However, before the 2021 presidential election, the guardian council's spokesman said that legally there is no impediment for a woman to be president.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dagres |first=Holly |date=2020-10-15 |title=Will Iran let a woman run for president in 2021? |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/iransource/will-iran-let-a-woman-run-for-president-in-2021/ |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Atlantic Council |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Inability===
According to the article 131 of the [[Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran|Iranian constitution]], "In case of death, dismissal, resignation, absence, or illness lasting longer than two months of the President or when his term in office has ended and a new president has not been elected due to some impediments, or similar other circumstances, his [[First Vice President of Iran|first deputy]] shall assume, with the approval of the [[Supreme Leader of Iran|leader]], the powers and functions of the president. The Council, consisting of the [[Islamic Consultative Assembly#Leadership|speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly]], [[Chief Justice of Iran|Chief Justice]], and the first deputy of the president, is obliged to arrange for a new president to be elected within a maximum period of fifty days. In case of death of the first deputy to the president, or other matters which prevent him to perform his duties or when the president does not have a first deputy, the Leader shall appoint another person in his place."<ref>[https://en.mfa.ir/portal/viewpage/3997/constitution Constitution]</ref>

==Powers and responsibilities==
[[File:Iranian Presidential Guard.jpg|thumb|Presidential Guard]]

The president's duties include the following, subject to supervision, policy guidance and approval by the supreme leader:<ref>{{Cite web |title=functions |url=http://www.president.ir/en/president/functions |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124102701/http://www.president.ir/en/president/functions |archive-date=2020-11-24 |access-date=2020-12-22 |website=www.president.ir}}</ref>

*Second in command (after the supreme leader) of the [[executive branch]] of [[Government of Iran|government]] and chairperson of the [[Cabinet of Iran|cabinet]]
*The deputy [[commander-in-chief]] of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran Army]]
*Declares a [[state of emergency]] after passage by the parliament (the proclamation of martial law is forbidden)
*Heads the [[Supreme National Security Council]]
*Heads the [[Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution]]
*Appoints the [[vice President of Iran|first vice president of Iran]] and other vice presidents
*Nominates of [[Cabinet of Iran|Cabinet]] members to the [[Parliament of Iran|Parliament]]
*Sends and receives all foreign ambassadors
*Issues [[decrees]]
*Issues [[medals]] in honor of service for the nation
*Signs treaties, protocols, contracts, after parliamentary approval 
*Signs referendum results and legislation approved by parliament and the judiciary

==Latest election==
{{main|2024 Iranian presidential election}}

{{Election results
|cand1=[[Masoud Pezeshkian]]|party1=[[Iranian reformists|Reformists]]|alliance1=[[Independent politician|Independent]]|votes1=10415991|votes1_2=16384403|color1=#48D1CC
|cand2=[[Saeed Jalili]]|party2=[[Iranian principlists|Principlists]]|alliance2=[[Independent politician|Independent]]|votes2=9473298|votes2_2=13538179|color2=#0077B6
|cand3=[[Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf]]|party3=[[Iranian principlists|Principlists]]|alliance3=[[Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran]]|votes3=3383340|color3=#0077B6
|cand4=[[Mostafa Pourmohammadi]]|party4=[[Iranian principlists|Principlists]]|alliance4=[[Combatant Clergy Association]]|votes4=206397|color4=#0077B6
|invalid=1056159|invalid2=607575
|electorate=61452321
|electorate2=61452321
|source=[https://www.isna.ir/news/1403040905810/%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%DB%B8-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DB%B1%DB%B4%DB%B0%DB%B3-%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AC%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85 ISNA], [https://www.iranintl.com/en/202406299085 IranIntl], [https://tejaratnews.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%DB%8C-15/920881-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%86%D9%87%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B4%D8%AF Tejarat News]
}}

==See also==
* [[List of presidents of Iran]]
* [[Advisor to the President of Iran]]
* [[Aide to the President of Iran]]
* [[Chief of Staff of the President of Iran]]	
* [[First Lady of Iran]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Presidents of Iran}}
* [http://www.president.ir/en/ The President's Office]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161116174723/http://www.sssup.it/context_eng.jsp?ID_LINK=7931&area=47 Iran Electoral Archive – President]

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