Prosecutor-General of Iran

Prosecutor-General of Iran
Emblem of Iran
Incumbent Mohammad Jafar Montazeri since April 1, 2016
Style	Prosecutor General (Attorney-General)
Appointer	Chief Justice of Iran
Term length	5 years
Inaugural holder	Fathollah Banisadr
Formation	1979

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.

Head of the Prosecutor-General's office, he supervises prosecutor's offices in the country. As head of the public prosecution for the state, he has executive responsibility for law enforcement, prosecutions, setting priorities in the hearings of cases.

Chief Prosecutor at the Supreme Court.

List of recent Prosecutors-General

Name		Born-Died	Entered office	Left office	Appointed by
1	Fathollah Banisadr	1931–1996	1979	1980	Asadollah Mobasheri
2	Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili	1926–2016	1980	1981	Ruhollah Khomeini
3	Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi	1937–1985	1981	1983	Ruhollah Khomeini
4	Yousef Saanei	1937–2020	1983	1985	Ruhollah Khomeini
5	Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha	?1942–	1985	1989	Ruhollah Khomeini
6	Mohammad Reyshahri	1946–2022	1989	1991	Mohammad Yazdi
7	Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi	?1935–2003	1991	1994	Mohammad Yazdi
8	Morteza Moghtadai	?1936–	1994	2001	Mohammad Yazdi
9	Abdolnabi Namazi	?1944–	2001	2004	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
10	Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi	?1949–	23 August 2004	24 August 2009	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
11	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i	?1954–	24 August 2009	23 August 2014	Sadeq Larijani
12	Ebrahim Raisi	1960–	23 August 2014	6 March 2016	Sadeq Larijani
13	Mohammad Jafar Montazeri	1949–	1 April 2016	Incumbent	Sadeq Larijani

See also

• Judicial system of Iran