Mohammad Mokhber

Mohammad Mokhber
Mohammad Mokhber
محمد مخبر
	Mokhber in 2023
Acting President of Iran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 May 2024
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Ebrahim Raisi
7th First Vice President of Iran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 August 2021
President	Ebrahim Raisi; himself (acting)
Preceded by	Eshaq Jahangiri
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 September 2022
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Sadeq Larijani
Head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order
	In office; 15 July 2007 – 7 December 2021
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohammad Javad Iravani
Succeeded by	Aref Norouzi (acting); Parviz Fattah
Personal details
Born	1 September 1955 (age 68); Dezful, Khuzestan, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Independent
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Revolutionary Guards
Years of service	1980-1988
Unit	Medical Corps
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Mohammad Mokhber^[a]^[b] (born 1 September 1955)^[1] is an Iranian politician who became acting president of Iran after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. Before he was made acting president, Mokhber was First Vice President of Iran. He is also the current member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Previously, he was also the head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order committee (EIKO, a.k.a. Setad), an executive at the Mostazafan Foundation, chairman of the board of Sina Bank, deputy governor of Khuzestan Province and CEO of Dezful Telecommunications. During the Iraq-Iran war, he was a medical officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and before the war he was a member of the revolutionary Mansurun Group (see Career).^[2]

Mokhber's career from young revolutionary to public official is dogged with allegations of corruption, some of which have led to investigations, regarding privatization of Iran's public assets, insider trading, human rights abuses, and affiliation with Iran's nuclear program (see Corruption and Abuse of Power). These resulted in international sanctions of Mokhber and his affiliate organizations, Sina Bank and Mostazafan (see Sanctions). Mokhber is subject to secondary sanctions (IRAN-EO13876) which limit his global travel and financial liquidity.^[3]

As the former first vice president, and with the approval of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mokhber assumed "the powers and functions of the President" as the temporary acting President of Iran, upon the death of his predecessor, in accordance with the Constitution of Iran. A Temporary Presidential Council consisting of the Acting President, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Head of Judiciary was formed and a new election date was set for June 28, 2024 with a run-off date of July 5, 2024.^[4]

Masoud Pezeshkian won the presidential runoff election in July 2024, and is due to be inaugurated in August.^[5]

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^ Ebrahim Raisi death: Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man appointed Iran's interim president? The Standard (UK). By Lydia Chantler-Hicks. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ https://photokade.com/%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%88%da%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%81%db%8c-%d9%85%d8%ad%d9%85%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%ae%d8%a8%d8%b1/
^ "Sanctions List Search".
^ "Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (full text)". shora-gc.ir. Guardian Council. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024. 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 deputy shall and will assume, only with the approval of the Leader, the powers and functions of the President. The Council, consisting of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, head of the judicial power, and the first deputy of the President, was 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.
^ "Pezeshkian To Be Sworn In As Iran's President Early Next Month". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

[birthday-3] Ebrahim Raisi death: Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man appointed Iran's interim president? The Standard (UK). By Lydia Chantler-Hicks. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

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[5] "Sanctions List Search".

[6] "Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (full text)". shora-gc.ir. Guardian Council. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024. 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 deputy shall and will assume, only with the approval of the Leader, the powers and functions of the President. The Council, consisting of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, head of the judicial power, and the first deputy of the President, was 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.

[:0-7] "Pezeshkian To Be Sworn In As Iran's President Early Next Month". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

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