Ebrahim Raisi
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Ebrahim Raisi | |
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Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi | |
Assumed office 7 March 2016 | |
Preceded by | Abbas Vaez-Tabasi |
Attorney-General of Iran | |
In office 23 August 2014 – 6 March 2016 | |
Appointed by | Sadeq Larijani |
Preceded by | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Jafar Montazeri |
Deputy Chief Justice of Iran | |
In office 24 August 2004 – 23 August 2014 | |
Appointed by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
Preceded by | Hossein-Ali Amiri |
Succeeded by | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i |
Attorney-General of Tehran | |
In office 23 July 1990 – 22 July 1995 | |
Appointed by | Mohammad Yazdi |
Preceded by | Saeed Askari |
Succeeded by | Samad Khoramabadi |
Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
Assumed office 15 December 2006 | |
Constituency | South Khorasan Province |
Majority | 325,077 |
Personal details | |
Born | Mashhad, Iran | June 7, 1960
Relatives | Ahmad Alamolhoda (father in law) |
Alma mater | Shahid Motahari University |
Website | Official website |
Ebrahim Rais-Sadat (Template:Lang-fa; born 7 June 1960[1]), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi, is an Iranian cleric and the current Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi.[2] He was previously served positions in Iran's Judicial system, such as Attorney General from 2014 to 2016, and Deputy Chief Justice from 2004 to 2014 for ten years. He was also Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General of Tehran in 1980's and 1990's. He is also a member of Assembly of Experts from South Khorasan Province, being elected for the first time in 2006 election. He is son-in-law of Mashhad Friday prayer Imam and Grand Imam of Imam Reza shrine, Ahmad Alamolhoda.