Iran’s Leaders, Explained: The Clerics, Presidents, and . . . He serves as commander-in-chief of Iran’s military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) answers directly to him He appoints top judicial, media, and military officials, including the chief justice, head of state broadcasting, and senior military advisors He holds final say on foreign policy, nuclear negotiations, and religious
The Structure of Power in Iran - Iran Chamber At the top of Iran's power structure is the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who succeeded Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini, the father of the Iranian Revolution, upon Ayatollah Khomeini's death in 1989 Khomeini and Khamenei are the only two men to have held the office since the founding of the Islamic Republic in 1979
These are Irans top political and spiritual leaders | AP News After assassinating several top Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei could be next, and that it may topple Tehran’s entire leadership Swipe through for a look at Iran’s top leaders
President of Iran - Wikipedia The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: رئیسجمهور ایران, romanized: Rais Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the second highest-ranking official, after the supreme leader [3] The first election was held in 1980 and was won by Abulhassan Banisadr