Chief Justice of Iran

Chief Justice of Iran
	Coat of Arms of the Islamic Republic of Iran
	Incumbent; Ebrahim Raisi; since 7 March 2019
Appointer	Supreme Leader of Iran
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder	Mehdi Sajjadian
Website	Official website

The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the Judicial system of Iran (Head of Judiciary) and is responsible for its administration and supervision.
The head of the judiciary of Iran is required to be an "honorable man" according to Article 157 [Head of Judiciary] of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.[1]

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

List of Chief Justices since 1979

№	Chief (Birth–Death)	Took office	Left office		appointer
1	Mehdi Sajjadian[2] (?–2002)	4 April 1979	23 February 1980	None	Asadollah Mobasheri
2	Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981)	23 February 1980	28 June 1981 (assassinated)	Islamic Republican Party	Ruhollah Khomeini
3	Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (1926–2016)	28 June 1981	15 August 1989	Islamic Republican Party	Ruhollah Khomeini
4	Mohammad Yazdi (1932–)	15 August 1989	14 August 1999	Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom	Ali Khamenei
4	Mohammad Yazdi (1932–)	15 August 1989	14 August 1999	Combatant Clergy Association
5	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948–2018)	14 August 1999	14 August 2009	Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
6	Sadeq Larijani (1961–)	14 August 2009	7 March 2019	Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
6	Sadeq Larijani (1961–)	14 August 2009	7 March 2019	Combatant Clergy Association
7	Ebrahim Raisi (1959–)	7 March 2019	Incumbent	Combatant Clergy Association

References

http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html
- Amin, ‌Seyyed Hassan (1385). "Naser Yeganeh: The last head of the supreme court of Pahlavi regime (Naser Yeganeh: Akherin ra'is-e divan-e Ali-ye Keshvar-e rezhim-e Pahlavi)". Hafez (in Persian) (38): 22–23. Retrieved 2019-03-09.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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[1] ttp://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ir00000_.html

[2] Amin, ‌Seyyed Hassan (1385). "Naser Yeganeh: The last head of the supreme court of Pahlavi regime (Naser Yeganeh: Akherin ra'is-e divan-e Ali-ye Keshvar-e rezhim-e Pahlavi)". Hafez (in Persian) (38): 22–23. Retrieved 2019-03-09.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

[3] Amin, ‌Seyyed Hassan (1385). "Naser Yeganeh: The last head of the supreme court of Pahlavi regime (Naser Yeganeh: Akherin ra'is-e divan-e Ali-ye Keshvar-e rezhim-e Pahlavi)". Hafez (in Persian) (38): 22–23. Retrieved 2019-03-09.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)