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href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />22 August 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian" title="Masoud Pezeshkian">Masoud Pezeshkian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Dehghan" title="Mohammad Dehghan">Mohammad Dehghan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 July 2016 – 9 August 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elham_Aminzadeh" title="Elham Aminzadeh">Elham Aminzadeh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Laya_Joneydi" title="Laya Joneydi">Laya Joneydi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of Iran">Vice President of Iran</a><br />for Parliamentary Affairs</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 September 2013 – 12 July 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lotfollah_Forouzandeh" title="Lotfollah Forouzandeh">Lotfollah Forouzandeh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Ali_Amiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Hossein Ali Amiri">Hossein Ali Amiri</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 October 2004 – 29 August 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khatami" title="Mohammad Khatami">Mohammad Khatami</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Abtahi" title="Mohammad-Ali Abtahi">Mohammad-Ali Abtahi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyyed_Ahmad_Mousavi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi (page does not exist)">Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Parliamentary and Legal Affairs)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />16 March 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Appointed by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Chairman</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Akbar_Hashemi_Rafsanjani" class="mw-redirect" title="Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani">Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ali_Movahedi-Kermani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Movahedi-Kermani">Ali Movahedi-Kermani</a> (Acting)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Hashemi_Shahroudi" title="Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi">Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sadeq_Larijani" title="Sadeq Larijani">Sadeq Larijani</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Iran">Member of Parliament of Iran</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1980–2004</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kerman" title="Kerman">Kerman</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1954-03-30</span>) </span>30 March 1954<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 70)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Khanuk" title="Khanuk">Khanuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Combatant_Clerics" title="Association of Combatant Clerics">Association of Combatant Clerics</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Majid Ansari</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">مجید انصاری</span>; born in 1954 in <a href="/wiki/Khanuk" title="Khanuk">Khanuk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kerman_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerman Province">Kerman Province</a>) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently member of the <a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a> and Vice President for Legal Affairs since 2024 for second term. He was formerly Vice President for Legal Affairs from 2016 to 2017. </p><p>Previously held vice presidency in parliamentary affairs from 2004 to 2005, appointed by President <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khatami" title="Mohammad Khatami">Mohammad Khatami</a> and the second term from 2013 to 2016 under President <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a>. On 2 August 2017, Ansari announced that he will not be part of <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Hassan_Rouhani_(2013%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–present)">second Rouhani government</a>. Ansari is also a former representative to the <a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Experts" title="Assembly of Experts">Assembly of Experts</a>. Politically, he is a member of the Central Council of <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Combatant_Clerics" title="Association of Combatant Clerics">Association of Combatant Clerics</a>. </p><p>Previously, he has been a representative of <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Parliament of Iran</a> until 2004. Ansari has openly supported <a href="/wiki/Sadegh_Khalkhali" title="Sadegh Khalkhali">Sadegh Khalkhali</a>, the hanging judge and his serial executions.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Majid_Ansari&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iran-3.com/affiche.php?type=news&id=98">! خاتمی در مراسم ترحيم شيخ صادق خلخالی</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071008141917/http://www.iran-3.com/affiche.php?type=news&id=98">Archived</a> 2007-10-08 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc">Assembly seats </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Abdollah_Nouri" title="Abdollah Nouri">Abdollah Nouri</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_leader" title="Parliamentary leader">Parliamentary leader</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Reformists" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Reformists">reformists</a><br />Head of <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah_Assembly" title="Hezbollah Assembly">Hezbollah Assembly</a> </b><br />1997–2000 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href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Iran)">Minister of Communications and IT</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Vaezi" title="Mahmoud Vaezi">Mahmoud Vaezi</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Javad_Azari_Jahromi" title="Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi">Mohammad Javad Jahromi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Cooperatives,_Labour,_and_Social_Welfare" title="Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare">Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Rabiei" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Rabiei">Ali Rabiei</a> (2013–2018)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anoushirvan_Mohseni_Bandpey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandpey (page does not exist)">Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandpey</a>* (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariatmadari" title="Mohammad Shariatmadari">Mohammad Shariatmadari</a> (2018–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Islamic_Guidance" title="Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance">Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Jannati" title="Ali Jannati">Ali Jannati</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Salehi" title="Abbas Salehi">Abbas Salehi</a>* (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reza_Salehi_Amiri" title="Reza Salehi Amiri">Reza Salehi Amiri</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Salehi" title="Abbas Salehi">Abbas Salehi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)">Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Dehghan" title="Hossein Dehghan">Hossein Dehghan</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amir_Hatami" title="Amir Hatami">Amir Hatami</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Economic_Affairs_and_Finance_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran)">Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Tayebnia" title="Ali Tayebnia">Ali Tayebnia</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Karbasian" title="Masoud Karbasian">Masoud Karbasian</a> (2017–2018)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rahmatollah_Akrami&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rahmatollah Akrami (page does not exist)">Rahmatollah Akrami</a>* (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farhad_Dejpasand" title="Farhad Dejpasand">Farhad Dejpasand</a> (2018–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Education (Iran)">Minister of Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali-Asghar_Fani" title="Ali-Asghar Fani">Ali-Asghar Fani</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bathaei" title="Mohammad Bathaei">Mohammad Bathaei</a>* (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakhruddin_Ahmadi_Danesh-Ashtiani" title="Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani">Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bathaei" title="Mohammad Bathaei">Mohammad Bathaei</a> (2017–2019)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Javad_Hosseini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Javad Hosseini (page does not exist)">Javad Hosseini</a>* (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Haji_Mirzaei" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohsen Haji Mirzaei">Mohsen Haji Mirzaei</a> (2019–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Energy_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Energy (Iran)">Minister of Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hamid_Chitchian" title="Hamid Chitchian">Hamid Chitchian</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattar_Mahmoudi" title="Sattar Mahmoudi">Sattar Mahmoudi</a>* (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reza_Ardakanian" title="Reza Ardakanian">Reza Ardakanian</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Medical_Education" title="Ministry of Health and Medical Education">Minister of Health and Medical Education </a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Ghazizadeh_Hashemi" title="Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi">Hassan Hashemi</a> (2013–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Namaki" title="Saeed Namaki">Saeed Namaki</a> (2019–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Industries_and_Business_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Industries and Business (Iran)">Minister of Industries, Mines and Business</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammadreza_Nematzadeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammadreza Nematzadeh">Mohammadreza Nematzadeh</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariatmadari" title="Mohammad Shariatmadari">Mohammad Shariatmadari</a> (2017–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reza_Rahmani" title="Reza Rahmani">Reza Rahmani</a> (2018–2020)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hossein_Modarres_Khiabani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hossein Modarres Khiabani (page does not exist)">Hossein Modarres Khiabani</a>* (2020)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jafar_Sarghini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jafar Sarghini (page does not exist)">Jafar Sarghini</a>* (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Reza_Razm_Hosseini" title="Ali Reza Razm Hosseini">Ali Reza Razm Hosseini</a> (2020–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Intelligence_and_National_Security_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (Iran)">Minister of Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Alavi" title="Mahmoud Alavi">Mahmoud Alavi</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Interior (Iran)">Minister of Interior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdolreza_Rahmani_Fazli" title="Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli">Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Justice (Iran)">Minister of Justice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Pourmohammadi" title="Mostafa Pourmohammadi">Mostafa Pourmohammadi</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Avayi" title="Alireza Avayi">Alireza Avayi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)">Minister of Petroleum</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bijan_Namdar_Zangeneh" title="Bijan Namdar Zangeneh">Bijan Namdar Zangeneh</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Transportation_and_Housing_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Transportation and Housing (Iran)">Minister of Transportation and Housing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Ahmad_Akhoundi" title="Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi">Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi</a> (2013–2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Eslami" title="Mohammad Eslami">Mohammad Eslami</a> (2018–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Iran)">Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reza_Salehi_Amiri" title="Reza Salehi Amiri">Reza Salehi Amiri</a>* (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariatmadari" title="Mohammad Shariatmadari">Mohammad Shariatmadari</a>* (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Goudarzi" title="Mahmoud Goudarzi">Mahmoud Goudarzi</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasrollah_Sajjadi" title="Nasrollah Sajjadi">Nasrollah Sajjadi</a>* (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Soltanifar" title="Masoud Soltanifar">Masoud Soltanifar</a> (2016–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science,_Research_and_Technology_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)">Minister of Science, Research and Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jafar_Towfighi" title="Jafar Towfighi">Jafar Towfighi</a>* (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reza_Farajidana" title="Reza Farajidana">Reza Farajidana</a> (2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Najafi" title="Mohammad-Ali Najafi">Mohammad-Ali Najafi</a>* (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Farhadi" title="Mohammad Farhadi">Mohammad Farhadi</a> (2014–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zia_Hashemi" class="mw-redirect" title="Zia Hashemi">Zia Hashemi</a>* (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansour_Gholami" title="Mansour Gholami">Mansour Gholami</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Heritage,_Handcrafts_and_Tourism_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization">Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Asghar_Mounesan" title="Ali Asghar Mounesan">Ali Asghar Mounesan</a> (2019–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Cabinet-level" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Iran" title="Cabinet of Iran">Cabinet-level</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of Iran">First Vice President</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eshaq_Jahangiri" title="Eshaq Jahangiri">Eshaq Jahangiri</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="14" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Emblem_of_Iran.svg/100px-Emblem_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Emblem_of_Iran.svg/150px-Emblem_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Emblem_of_Iran.svg/200px-Emblem_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="492" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_President_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of Staff of the President of Iran">Chief of Staff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nahavandian" title="Mohammad Nahavandian">Mohammad Nahavandian</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Vaezi" title="Mahmoud Vaezi">Mahmoud Vaezi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Organization_of_Iran" title="Atomic Energy Organization of Iran">Atomic Energy Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Ali Akbar Salehi</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Heritage,_Handcrafts_and_Tourism_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization">Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Najafi" title="Mohammad-Ali Najafi">Mohammad-Ali Najafi</a> (2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Soltanifar" title="Masoud Soltanifar">Masoud Soltanifar</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahra_Ahmadipour" title="Zahra Ahmadipour">Zahra Ahmadipour</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Asghar_Mounesan" title="Ali Asghar Mounesan">Ali Asghar Mounesan</a> (2017–2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Environment_(Iran)" title="Department of Environment (Iran)">Environmental Protection Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masoumeh_Ebtekar" title="Masoumeh Ebtekar">Masoumeh Ebtekar</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isa_Kalantari" title="Isa Kalantari">Isa Kalantari</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_Martyrs_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs">Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Shahidi" title="Mohammad-Ali Shahidi">Mohammad-Ali Shahidi</a> (2013–2020)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Ohadi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saeed Ohadi (page does not exist)">Saeed Ohadi</a> (2020–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Iran%27s_National_Elites_Foundation" title="Iran's National Elites Foundation">National Elites Foundation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sorena_Sattari" title="Sorena Sattari">Sorena Sattari</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Majid Ansari</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein-Ali_Amiri" title="Hossein-Ali Amiri">Hossein-Ali Amiri</a> (2016–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Women and Family Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shahindokht_Molaverdi" title="Shahindokht Molaverdi">Shahindokht Molaverdi</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoumeh_Ebtekar" title="Masoumeh Ebtekar">Masoumeh Ebtekar</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Legal Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elham_Aminzadeh" title="Elham Aminzadeh">Elham Aminzadeh</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Majid Ansari</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laya_Joneydi" title="Laya Joneydi">Laya Joneydi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Nobakht" title="Mohammad Bagher Nobakht">Mohammad Bagher Nobakht</a> (2013–2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Executive Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariatmadari" title="Mohammad Shariatmadari">Mohammad Shariatmadari</a> (2013–2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Administrative_and_Recruitment_Affairs_Organization" title="Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization">Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamshid_Ansari" title="Jamshid Ansari">Jamshid Ansari</a> (2016–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Economic Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nahavandian" title="Mohammad Nahavandian">Mohammad Nahavandian</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" 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(1997–2005)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Cabinet" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Iran" title="Cabinet of Iran">Cabinet</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Kharrazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamal Kharrazi">Kamal Kharrazi</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="25" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11,_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11%2C_2007.jpg/100px-Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11%2C_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11%2C_2007.jpg/150px-Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11%2C_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11%2C_2007.jpg/200px-Mohammad_Khatami_-_December_11%2C_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="855" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Agriculture (Iran)">Minister of Agriculture</a>**</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Isa_Kalantari" title="Isa Kalantari">Isa Kalantari</a> (1997–2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jihad_of_Construction" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Jihad of Construction">Minister of Jihad of Construction</a>**</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Saeedikia" title="Mohammad Saeedikia">Mohammad Saeedikia</a> (1997–2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jihad-e-Agriculture_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture (Iran)">Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture</a>**</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Hojjati" title="Mahmoud Hojjati">Mahmoud Hojjati</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Iran)">Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Aref" title="Mohammad Reza Aref">Mohammad Reza Aref</a> (1997–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasrollah_Jahangard" title="Nasrollah Jahangard">Nasrollah Jahangard</a>* (2000)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdollah_Mirtaheri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdollah Mirtaheri (page does not exist)">Abdollah Mirtaheri</a>* (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Motamedi" title="Ahmad Motamedi">Ahmad Motamedi</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Labour_and_Social_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Iran)">Minister of Labour and Social Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Kamali" title="Hossein Kamali">Hossein Kamali</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safdar_Hosseini" title="Safdar Hosseini">Safdar Hosseini</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasser_Khaleghi" title="Nasser Khaleghi">Nasser Khaleghi</a> (2004–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_and_Islamic_Guidance" title="Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance">Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attaollah_Mohajerani" class="mw-redirect" title="Attaollah Mohajerani">Attaollah Mohajerani</a> (1997–2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Masjed-Jamei" title="Ahmad Masjed-Jamei">Ahmad Masjed-Jamei</a>* (2000–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Masjed-Jamei" title="Ahmad Masjed-Jamei">Ahmad Masjed-Jamei</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defense_and_Armed_Forces_Logistics_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)">Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Shamkhani" title="Ali Shamkhani">Ali Shamkhani</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Economic_Affairs_and_Finance_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran)">Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Namazi" title="Hossein Namazi">Hossein Namazi</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahmasb_Mazaheri" title="Tahmasb Mazaheri">Tahmasb Mazaheri</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safdar_Hosseini" title="Safdar Hosseini">Safdar Hosseini</a> (2004–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Education (Iran)">Minister of Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Mozaffar" title="Hossein Mozaffar">Hossein Mozaffar</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morteza_Haji" title="Morteza Haji">Morteza Haji</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Energy_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Energy (Iran)">Minister of Energy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Habibolah_Bitaraf" class="mw-redirect" title="Habibolah Bitaraf">Habibolah Bitaraf</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Medical_Education" title="Ministry of Health and Medical Education">Minister of Health and Medical Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Farhadi" title="Mohammad Farhadi">Mohammad Farhadi</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian" title="Masoud Pezeshkian">Masoud Pezeshkian</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Mines_and_Metals_(Iran)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Mines and Metals (Iran) (page does not exist)">Minister of Mines and Metals</a>***</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eshaq_Jahangiri" title="Eshaq Jahangiri">Eshaq Jahangiri</a> (1997–2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Industries_(Iran)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ministry of Industries (Iran) (page does not exist)">Minister of Industries</a>***</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gholamreza_Shafeei" title="Gholamreza Shafeei">Gholamreza Shafeei</a> (1997–2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Industries_and_Mines_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Industries and Mines (Iran)">Minister of Industries and Mines</a>***</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eshaq_Jahangiri" title="Eshaq Jahangiri">Eshaq Jahangiri</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Intelligence_and_National_Security_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Intelligence and National Security (Iran)">Minister of Intelligence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghorbanali_Dorri_Najafabadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi">Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi</a> (1997–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Younesi" title="Ali Younesi">Ali Younesi</a> (1998–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Interior (Iran)">Minister of Interior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdollah_Nouri" title="Abdollah Nouri">Abdollah Nouri</a> (1997–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdolvahed_Mousavi_Lari" title="Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari">Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari</a> (1998–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Justice (Iran)">Minister of Justice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ismaeil_Shooshtari" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari">Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)">Minister of Petroleum</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bijan_Namdar_Zanganeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Bijan Namdar Zanganeh">Bijan Namdar Zanganeh</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Roads_and_Transportation_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Roads and Transportation (Iran)">Minister of Roads and Transportation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Hojatti" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahmoud Hojatti">Mahmoud Hojatti</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahman_Dadman" title="Rahman Dadman">Rahman Dadman</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Khorram" title="Ahmad Khorram">Ahmad Khorram</a> (2001–2004)</li> <li>Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Commerce (Iran)">Commerce</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariatmadar" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Shariatmadar">Mohammad Shariatmadar</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science,_Research_and_Technology_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (Iran)">Minister of Science, Research and Technology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Moeen" title="Mostafa Moeen">Mostafa Moeen</a> (1997–2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jafar_Towfighi" title="Jafar Towfighi">Jafar Towfighi</a> (2003–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Welfare_and_Social_Security_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Welfare and Social Security (Iran)">Minister of Welfare and Social Security</a>****</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hossein_Sharifzadegan" title="Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan">Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan</a> (2004–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Cooperatives_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Cooperatives (Iran)">Ministry of Cooperatives</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morteza_Haji" title="Morteza Haji">Morteza Haji</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Soufi" title="Ali Soufi">Ali Soufi</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development_(Iran)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (Iran)">Ministry of Housing and Urban Development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Abdolalizadeh" title="Ali Abdolalizadeh">Ali Abdolalizadeh</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Cabinet-level" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Iran" title="Cabinet of Iran">Cabinet-level</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of Iran">First Vice President</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Habibi" title="Hassan Habibi">Hassan Habibi</a> (1997–2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Aref" title="Mohammad Reza Aref">Mohammad Reza Aref</a> (2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Iran.svg" 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(2001–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Organization_of_Iran" title="Atomic Energy Organization of Iran">Atomic Energy Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gholam_Reza_Aghazadeh" title="Gholam Reza Aghazadeh">Gholam Reza Aghazadeh</a> (1997–2005)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Heritage,_Handcrafts_and_Tourism_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization">Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Beheshti_Shirazi" 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