Vice President of Iran is defined by article 124 of the Iranian constitution, as anyone appointed by the President

President of Iran

The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state...

 to lead an organization related to Presidential affairs. , there are 12 Vice Presidents in Iran. The First Vice President is the most important as he or she leads cabinet meetings in the absence of the president.

While the Constitution of Iran allows for vice presidents, their existence is not obligatory. The President may or may not choose vice presidents. The president may even not have a First Vice President.

First Vice President

The role of First Vice President was created in the revision of the Constitution of Iran in 1989. It took over some of the responsibilities of Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Iran

Prime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...

. According to Article 124, First Vice President will be chairing the board of ministers and coordinate the other vice presidencies, if let by the President. According to Article 131, First Vice President takes over as acting President in cases where the President in incapacitated, but only if permitted by the Supreme Leader

Supreme leader

A supreme leader typically refers to a figure in the highest leadership position of an entity, group, organization, or state, who exercises strong or all-powerful authority over it. In religion, the supreme leader or supreme leaders is God or Gods...

. According to the same Article, First Vice President (or anyone serving as acting President) must make sure that a new president is elected in fifty days.

According to Article 132, during the time an Acting President is serving (usually a First Vice President), the Majlis

Majlis of Iran

The National Consultative Assembly of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament or People's House, is the national legislative body of Iran...

 cannot impeach ministers and it can't disapprove newly-introduced ministers. Also, referendums and revisions to the Constitution are forbidden.

List

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	President
1	Hassan Habibi Hassan Habibi Hassan Ebrahim Habibi is an Iranian politician and scholar, presently the Head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature , and a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution.Habibi was the 1st First Vice President of Iran from 1989 to 2001, eight years under President Rafsanjani and...		1937-	1 September 1989	11 September 2001	Executives of Construction Party Executives of Construction Party The Executives of Construction Party is a political party in Iran, founded by several members of the cabinet of the then President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011... Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...
2	Mohammad-Reza Aref		1941-	11 September 2001	11 September 2005	Islamic Iran Participation Front Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front is a reformist political party in Iran...	Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...
3	Parviz Davoodi Parviz Davoodi Parviz Davoodi is an Iranian hardline conservative politician.He was born in Tehran to an Iranian Azeri family from Astara, Ardebil, northern Iran. He served as the First Vice President of Iran from September 11, 2005 to July 17, 2009. He is also an economist at Shahid Beheshti University....		1952-	11 September 2005	17 July 2009	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran , usually shortened to Abadgaran , is an alliance of some right-wing Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village...	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
4	Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei is a top adviser, and close confident of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is currently Ahmadinejad's Chief of Staff. He served as the head of the Presidential Center from 2009 to 2011, and was First Vice President of Iran for one week in 2009 before he was ordered...		1960-	17 July 2009	25 July 2009	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran , usually shortened to Abadgaran , is an alliance of some right-wing Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village...	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5	Mohammad-Reza Rahimi		1949-	13 September 2009	Incumbent	Isargaran Population Isargaran of Islamic Revolution Population The Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution is a legally existent, conservative Iranian political party. It is informally referred to as the Isargaran, a word which connotes altruism in Persian and is associated with other political movements. It is one of the most powerful and least...	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Current Vice Presidents

• First Vice President: Mohammad Reza Rahimi
• Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization: Fereydoon Abbasi
  Fereydoon Abbasi
  Fereydoon Abbasi-Davani is an Iranian nuclear scientist and current Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization.-Academic and Early Career:...
  
  
• Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation: Nasrin Soltankhah
  Nasrin Soltankhah
  Nasrin Soltankhan is an Iranian politician who presently holds positions in both the local and the executive branch of the Iranian government.-Cabinet position:...
  
  
• Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization: Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh
  Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh
  Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh is the current Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization of Iran since August 2009 when replace replace by Fatemeh Javadi. He was formally Governor of Razavi Khorasan Province.-External links:*...
  
  
• Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization: Farhad Rahbar
  Farhad Rahbar
  Dr Farhad Rahbar is an Iranian economist, and current Chancellor of the University of Tehran.Rahbar was a vice president of Iran and head of Management and Planning Organisation of Iran...
  
  
• Vice President for Executive Affairs: Mohammad Me'marian
• Vice President and Head of National Sports Organization: Ali Saeedlou
• Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs: Mohammad-Reza Taj-oldini
• Vice President and Head of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation: Hossein Dehghan
• Vice President and Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization Chief: Ruhollah Ahmadian
• Vice President and Head of Youth National Organization: Farahnaz Turkestani
• Vice President and Head of Center for Women and Family Participation Affairs: Maryam Mojtahed Zadeh