| Country: | Iran |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | October 1981 Iranian presidential election |
| Previous Year: | October 1981 |
| Next Election: | 1989 Iranian presidential election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Election Date: | 16 August 1985 |
| Registered: | 25,993,802 |
| Turnout: | 54.78% |
| Image1: | Portrait of Ali Khamenei, 1985 (2).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Ali Khamenei |
| Party1: | Islamic Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 12,203,870 |
| Percentage1: | 87.9% |
| Nominee2: | Mahmoud Kashani |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,402,416 |
| Percentage2: | 10.1% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Ali Khamenei |
| Before Party: | Islamic Republican Party |
| After Election: | Ali Khamenei |
| After Party: | Islamic Republican Party |
| Alliance1: | Faction right |
| Alliance2: | Faction right |
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 16 August 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President Ali Khamenei.
Freedom Movement of Iran called for a boycott.[1]
In July 1985, 50 people applied for the nomination, of which only 3 were approved:
The following candidates were disqualified by the Guardian Council:
| 1985 Iranian presidential election | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Nohen et al[3] | ISSDP | ||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Islamic Republican Party | Ali Khamenei | 12,203,870 | 87.9 | 12,205,012 | 85.00 | ||
| Islamic Republican Party | Mahmoud Kashani | 1,402,416 | 10.1 | 1,402,953 | 9.85 | ||
| Islamic Republican Party | Habibollah Asgaroladi | 283,297 | 2.00 | 278,113 | 1.95 | ||
| Blank or invalid votes | 355,047 | 2.50 | 352,509 | 2.47 | |||
| Totals | 14,244,630 | 100 | 14,238,587 | 100 | |||