Mohammad Mokhber
Mohammad Mokhber | |
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محمد مخبر | |
Mokhber in 2024 | |
| Advisor and Aide to the Supreme Leader of Iran | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2024 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Sadeq Larijani |
| Acting President of Iran | |
| In office 19 May 2024 – 28 July 2024 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Vice President | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Succeeded by | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| 7th First Vice President of Iran | |
| In office 8 August 2021 – 28 July 2024 | |
| President |
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| Preceded by | Eshaq Jahangiri |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Reza Aref |
| 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 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1955 Dezful, Khuzestan, Imperial State of Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Principlist |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch/service | Revolutionary Guards |
| Years of service | 1980-1988 |
| Unit | Medical Corps |
| Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Mohammad Mokhber (born 26 June 1955) is an Iranian politician who has served as an advisor and aide to the Supreme Leader of Iran since September 2024. He has also been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since September 2022. Mokhber previously served as acting president of Iran after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. Mokhber was also the seventh first vice president from 2021 to 2024.
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).
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.
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.
Masoud Pezeshkian won the presidential runoff election in July 2024 and was appointed as the President on 28 July 2024.