Mohammad Reza Aref

Mohammad Reza Aref
Mohammad Reza Aref
	Aref in 2025
2nd and 8th First Vice President of Iran
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 28 July 2024
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Mohammad Mokhber
	In office; 26 August 2001 – 10 September 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hassan Habibi
Succeeded by	Parviz Davoodi
Member of the Parliament of Iran
	In office; 28 May 2016 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,608,926 (49.55%)
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 March 2002
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting); Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi; Sadeq Larijani
Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
	In office; 26 August 2001 – 10 September 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Ali Saeedlou
Vice President of Iran; Head of Management and Planning Organization
	In office; 2 December 2000 – 11 September 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Sattarifar
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
	In office; 20 August 1997 – 17 June 2000
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad Gharazi
Succeeded by	Nasrollah Jahangard (acting)
Personal details
Born	19 December 1951 (aged 74); Yazd, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Omid Iranian Foundation
Other political; affiliations	Islamic Iran Participation Front (Founding member)
Spouse(s)	Hamideh Moravvej Farshi
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Tehran; Stanford University
Occupation	Academic
Signature
Website	Official persian website; Official academic website

Mohammad Reza Aref (Persian: محمدرضا عارفcode: fa is deprecated , born 19 December 1951) is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician.^[3] He is the Vice President of Iran since 2024, and previously from 2001 until 2005.

Mohammad Reza Aref Media

Aref during a campaign for supporting Green Movement in June 2009
Aref and his wife Hamideh in Mashhad during a campaign meeting
Aref and his wife Hamideh at Fajr Film Festival
Aref speaking in reformist alliance's electoral meeting in Tehran

References

↑ A look at Iranian newspaper front pages. Iran Front Page (26 October 2014). Retrieved 15 February 2016.
↑ Buchta, Wilfried. Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic (2000). Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 180. ISBN 0-944029-39-6.
↑ Iranian Reformists and February Parliamentary Elections. Iranian Diplomacy (13 November 2015). Retrieved 24 April 2017.

[1] A look at Iranian newspaper front pages. Iran Front Page (26 October 2014). Retrieved 15 February 2016.

[2] Buchta, Wilfried. Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic (2000). Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. p. 180. ISBN 0-944029-39-6.

[3] Iranian Reformists and February Parliamentary Elections. Iranian Diplomacy (13 November 2015). Retrieved 24 April 2017.

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Mohammad Reza Aref
Aref in 2025

2nd and 8th First Vice President of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 July 2024
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Mohammad Mokhber
In office 26 August 2001 – 10 September 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hassan Habibi
Succeeded by	Parviz Davoodi
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2016 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,608,926 (49.55%)
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2002
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
In office 26 August 2001 – 10 September 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Ali Saeedlou
Vice President of Iran Head of Management and Planning Organization
In office 2 December 2000 – 11 September 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Sattarifar
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
In office 20 August 1997 – 17 June 2000
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad Gharazi
Succeeded by	Nasrollah Jahangard (acting)

Personal details
Born	19 December 1951 (aged 74) Yazd, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Omid Iranian Foundation^[1]
Other political affiliations	Islamic Iran Participation Front (Founding member)^[2]
Spouse(s)	Hamideh Moravvej Farshi
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Tehran Stanford University
Occupation	Academic
Signature
Website	Official persian website Official academic website