Mohammad Mokhber | |
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Mokhber in 2019 | |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2022 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Sadeq Larijani |
| Vice President of Iran | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2021 | |
| President | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Preceded by | Eshaq Jahangiri |
| President of 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 | Aref Norouzi (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohammad Mokhber Dezfuli 1955 (age 67–68) Dezful, Pahlavi Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
| Occupation | Politician • executive manager |
| Website | Government website |
Mohammad Mokhber Dezfuli (Persian: محمد مخبر دزفولی) (born 1955) is an Iranian politician who is the 7th and current first vice president of Iran since 8 August 2021. He is also currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was former head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO), the chairman of board at Sina Bank and deputy governor of Khuzestan Province. He was born in Dezful, Iran.[1][2][3][4]
Mohammad Mokhber was born in 1955.[5] He possesses two doctoral degrees, including a doctorate academic paper (and a MA) in the subject of "international rights"; he has also a doctorate degree in the subject of management.[6] As well as doctoral, Mokhber holds a MA in management field, too.[7]
In July 2010, the European Union included Mohammad Mokhber, president of Setad (Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order), in a list of persons and entities it was sanctioning for alleged involvement in the issue of “nuclear or ballistic missiles activities.” After passing two years, this sanction removed Mokhber from the mentioned list.[8]
