Ebrahim Raisi

Hujjat al-Islam[1][2] Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi
ابراهیم رئیسی
Raisi in 2023
8th President of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 August 2021
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
Vice President	Mohammad Mokhber
Preceded by	Hassan Rouhani
7th Chief Justice of Iran
In office 7 March 2019 – 1 July 2021
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
First Deputy	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Preceded by	Sadeq Larijani
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Prosecutor-General of Iran
In office 23 August 2014 – 1 April 2016
Appointed by	Sadeq Larijani
Preceded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Succeeded by	Mohammad Jafar Montazeri
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 2016
Constituency	South Khorasan Province
Majority	325,139 (80.0%)[3]
In office 20 February 2007 – 21 May 2016
Constituency	South Khorasan Province
Majority	200,906 (68.6%)
2nd First Deputy Chief Justice of Iran
In office 27 July 2004 – 23 August 2014
Chief Justice	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Preceded by	Mohammad-Hadi Marvi[4]
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Chairman of General Inspection Office
In office 22 August 1994 – 9 August 2004
Appointed by	Mohammad Yazdi
Preceded by	Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
Succeeded by	Mohammad Niazi
Personal details
Born	Sayyid Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati (1960-12-14) 14 December 1960 (age 63) Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Combatant Clergy Association[5]
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party (until 1987)[5]
Spouse	Jamileh Alamolhoda ​ (m. 1983)​ [6]
Children	2[7]
Relatives	Ahmad Alamolhoda (father-in-law)
Alma mater	Disputed:[8] Shahid Motahari University[5] Qom Seminary[5]
Signature
Website	Government website Personal website (Persian)
Nickname	Butcher of Tehran [9][10][11][12]

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Ebrahim Raisolsadati (Persian: سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi (Persian: ابراهیم رئیسی Persian: [ebɾɒːˈhiːm-e ræʔiːˈsiː] ^ⓘ), is an Iranian Principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eighth and current president of Iran since 3 August 2021, following his election to the presidency in the 2021 election.

Raisi served in several positions in Iran's judicial system, such as Deputy Chief Justice (2004–2014), Attorney General (2014–2016), and Chief Justice (2019–2021). He was also Prosecutor and Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran in the 1980s and 1990s. He was Custodian and Chairman of Astan Quds Razavi, a bonyad, from 2016 until 2019. He is a member of Assembly of Experts from South Khorasan Province, being elected for the first time in the 2006 election. He is the son-in-law of Mashhad Friday prayer leader and Grand Imam of Imam Reza shrine, Ahmad Alamolhoda.

Raisi ran for president in 2017 as the candidate of the conservative Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces, losing to moderate incumbent president Hassan Rouhani, 57% to 38.3%. He was one of the four people on the prosecution committee, which was responsible for the execution of thousands of political prisoners in Iran in 1988 and is hence labeled the "death committee". He is sanctioned by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control in accordance with Executive Order 13876. He is accused of crimes against humanity by international human rights organizations and United Nations special rapporteurs.

Raisi successfully ran for president a second time in 2021 with 62.9% of the votes, succeeding Hassan Rouhani. According to many observers, the 2021 Iranian presidential election was rigged in favour of Raisi, who is considered an ally of Ali Khamenei. Raisi is often seen as a frontrunner to succeed Khamenei as Supreme Leader. Considered a hardliner in Iranian politics, Raisi's presidency has seen deadlock in negotiations with the U.S. over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and large-scale protests throughout the country in late 2022, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini on 16 September.