Prosecutor-General of Iran explained

Post:Prosecutor-General
Body:Iran
Insignia:Emblem of Iran.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Iran
Incumbent:Mohammad Movahedi-Azad
Incumbentsince:August 6, 2023
Style:Prosecutor General
Appointer:Chief Justice of Iran
Termlength:5 years
Formation:1979
Inaugural:Fathollah Banisadr

The prosecutor-general of Iran (or attorney-general), in the judicial system of Iran, is a "just mujtahid" appointed by the head of the judiciary in consultation with the judges of the Supreme Court to serve for a period of five years.[1]

As the head of the prosecutor-general's office, they supervise prosecutor's offices in the country. At the same time, they have executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions, setting priorities in the hearings of cases in their role as the head of the public prosecution for the state.

List of recent prosecutors-general

NameLifespanTook officeLeft officeAppointed by
1Fathollah Banisadr1931–199619791980Asadollah Mobasheri
2Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili1926–201619801981Ruhollah Khomeini
3Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi1937–198519811983
4Yousef Saanei1937–202019831985
5Mohammad Mousavi Khoeinihaborn 194519851989
6Mohammad Reyshahri1946–202219891991Mohammad Yazdi
7Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi1935–200319911994
8Morteza Moghtadaiborn 193619942001
9Abdul-Nabi Namazi1945–202420012004Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
10Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadiborn 195023 August 200424 August 2009
11Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'iborn 195624 August 200923 August 2014Sadeq LarijaniEbrahim RaisiGholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
12Ebrahim Raisi1960–202423 August 20146 March 2016
13Mohammad Jafar Montazeriborn 19491 April 20166 August 2023
14Mohammad Movahedi-Azadborn 19606 August 2023IncumbentGholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iranian government constitution, The Judiciary. iranonline.com.