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Born October 28, 1956 (age 68) • Iran
Title / Office president (2005-2013), Iran

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Qassem Soleimani
Qassem Soleimani
Iranian general
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi
Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician
Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian
president of Iran
Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani
president of Iran
Saeed Jalili
Saeed Jalili
Iranian politician
Mir Hossein Mousavi
prime minister of Iran
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Hashemi Rafsanjani
president of Iran
Ahura Mazdā
Zarathushtra
Iranian prophet
Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian religious leader
Reza Shah Pahlavi
Reza Shah Pahlavi
shah of Iran
Mehdi Karroubi
Mehdi Karroubi
Iranian cleric and politician
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
shah of Iran
Nādir Shāh
Nādir Shāh
Iranian ruler
Ismāʿīl I
shah of Iran
Khatami, Mohammad
Mohammad Khatami
president of Iran
Ebadi, Shirin
Shirin Ebadi
Iranian lawyer, author and teacher
Mohammad Mosaddeq.
Mohammad Mosaddegh
premier of Iran
The Islamic Republic's first (and last) secular president
Abolhasan Bani-Sadr
president of Iran
Mīrzā Taqī Khān
prime minister of Iran

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