The Prosecutor General of Iran, also known as Attorney General of Iran, is a "just mujtahid" in the judicial system of Iran. He is appointed by the Chief Justice of Iran in consultation with the judges of Supreme Court to serve for a period of five years.
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
Name Lifespan Took office Left office Appointed by 1 Fathollah Banisadr 1931–1996 1979 1980 Asadollah Mobasheri 2 Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili 1926–2016 1980 1981Ruhollah Khomeini 3 Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi 1937–1985 1981 1983 4 Yousef Saanei 1937–2020 1983 1985 5 Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha born 1945 1985 1989 6 Mohammad Reyshahri 1946–2022 1989 1991Mohammad Yazdi 7 Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi 1935–2003 1991 1994 8 Morteza Moghtadai born 1936 1994 2001 9 Abdul-Nabi Namazi 1945–2024 2001 2004Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 10 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi born 1950 23 August 2004 24 August 2009 11 Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i born 1956 24 August 2009 23 August 2014Sadeq LarijaniEbrahim RaisiGholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i 12 Ebrahim Raisi 1960–2024 23 August 2014 6 March 2016 13 Mohammad Jafar Montazeri born 1949 1 April 2016 6 August 2023 14 Mohammad Movahedi-Azad born 1960 6 August 2023 IncumbentGholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
See also Judicial system of Iran
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