List of heads of state of Iran

This article lists the heads of state of Iran since the establishment of the modern Iranian nation-state in 1501 AD.

Heads of State of Iran
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Safavid dynasty
! colspan="2" width="1%" | No. ! colspan="2" width="150px" | Name ! Birth–Death ! width="20%" | Reign start ! width="20%" | Reign end ! width="20%" | Dynasty ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 2
 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Shah of Persia
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Ismail I
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Shah Ismail I.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1487–1524
 * align=center | July 1501
 * align=center | 23 May 1524
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left|.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Tahmasp I
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Shah Tahmasp I in the mountains (cropped).jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1514–1576
 * align=center | 23 May 1524
 * align=center | 14 May 1576
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left| Regency:
 * colspan="3" align=left| Regency:

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 3 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 4 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 5 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 6 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 7 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 8 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 9 ! colspan=8|
 * Div Sultan Rumlu: 23 May 1524 – 5 July 1527.
 * Chuha Soltan Takkalu: July 1527 – 1530/31.
 * Husayn Khan Shamlu: 1530/31 – 1533.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Ismail II
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Shah Ismayil II.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1537–1577
 * align=center | 23 May 1576
 * align=center | 24 November 1577
 * align=center | Safavid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Mohammad Khodabanda
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 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1532–1595/96
 * align=center | 11 February 1578
 * align=center | 1 October 1588
 * align=center | Safavid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Abbas I
 * rowspan="2" align=center | [[File:12 Abu'l Hasan Jahangir Welcoming Shah 'Abbas, ca. 1618, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC (cropped).jpg|100px]]
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1571–1629
 * align=center | 1 October 1588
 * align=center | 19 January 1629
 * align=center | Safavid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Safi
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Shah Safi I of Persia on Horseback Carrying a Mace- Sahand Ace.png
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1611–1642
 * align=center | 28 January 1629
 * align=center | 12 May 1642
 * align=center | Safavid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Abbas II
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Abbas II of Persia.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1632–1666
 * align=center | 12 May 1642
 * align=center | 25 September 1666
 * align=center | Safavid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Suleiman I
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Suleiman I of Persia.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1648–1694
 * align=center | 1 November 1666
 * align=center | 29 July 1694
 * align=center | Safavid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Sultan Husayn
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Sultan Husayn by Bruyn.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1668–1726
 * align=center | 6 August 1694
 * align=center | 23 October 1722
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left|.
 * colspan="3" align=left|.

Ghilji rebellion
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Mahmud Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | SHAH-MAHMUD-HOTAK.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1699–1725
 * align=center | 23 October 1722
 * align=center | 25 April 1725
 * align=center | Hotak
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ashraf Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Ashraf Shah Hotaki 1725-1729.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1700–1730
 * align=center | 26 April 1725
 * align=center | 13 November 1729
 * align=center | Hotak
 * colspan="3" align=left|.
 * colspan="3" align=left|.

Safavid restoration
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 12 Reigned at exile:
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Tahmasp II
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1704–1740
 * align=center | 10 November 1722
 * align=center | 2 September 1732
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left| He was crowned on 9 December 1729 after liberation of the Safavid Capital.
 * colspan="3" align=left| He was crowned on 9 December 1729 after liberation of the Safavid Capital.

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 13
 * 10 November 1722 – 8 November 1726.
 * July 1728 – 9 December 1729.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shah Abbas III
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1732–1740
 * align=center | 2 September 1732
 * align=center | 8 March 1736
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left| Regency:
 * colspan="3" align=left| Regency:

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 * Nader Khan Afshar: 2 September 1732 – 8 March 1736.

Afsharid dynasty
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Nader Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | NaderShahPainting.png
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1688–1747
 * align=center | 8 March 1736
 * align=center | 20 June 1747
 * align=center | Afsharid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Adil Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1719–1749
 * align=center | 6 July 1747
 * align=center | 29 September 1748
 * align=center | Afsharid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ebrahim Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1724–1749
 * align=center | 29 September 1748
 * align=center | May 1749
 * align=center | Afsharid
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shahrokh Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1734–1796
 * align=center | May 1749
 * align=center | 30 December 1749
 * align=center | Afsharid
 * colspan="3" align=left| Proclaimed as Shah at 30 September 1748 and one day later crowned at Mashhad.
 * colspan="3" align=left| Proclaimed as Shah at 30 September 1748 and one day later crowned at Mashhad.

Second Safavid restoration
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Suleiman II
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1714–1763
 * align=center | 13 January 1750
 * align=center | 20 March 1750
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left| Proclaimed after deposing and blinding of Shahrokh Shah and crowned at 14 January 1750.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ismail III
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1733–1773
 * align=center | 29 June 1750
 * align=center | 1773
 * align=center | Safavid
 * colspan="3" align=left| He was a Puppet ruler who raised to the throne by Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari and Karim Khan Zand as a front to legitimize their rule.
 * colspan="3" align=left| He was a Puppet ruler who raised to the throne by Ali Mardan Khan Bakhtiari and Karim Khan Zand as a front to legitimize their rule.

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 * Karim Khan Zand: early 1751 – 1773

Afsharid restoration
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Shahrokh Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1734–1796
 * align=center | 9 May 1755
 * align=center | 14 May 1796
 * align=center | Afsharid
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Zand dynasty
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 20 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 21 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 22 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| (21) ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 23 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 24 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| – ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 25 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 26 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 27 ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| (27) ! colspan=8|
 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Wakil-al Raʿāyā
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Karim Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Karim Khan painting by Muhammad Sadiq.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1705–1779
 * align=center | 1773
 * align=center | 1 March 1779
 * align=center | Zand
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Abol-Fath Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1755–1787
 * align=center | 6 March 1779
 * align=center | May/June 1779
 * align=center | Zand
 * colspan="3" align=left| He and his younger brother Mohammad Ali Khan were Co-rulers.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Mohammad Ali Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1760–1779
 * align=center | 6 March 1779
 * align=center | 19 June 1779
 * align=center | Zand
 * colspan="3" align=left| He and his elder brother Abol-Fath Khan were Co-rulers until May/June 1779.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Abol-Fath Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1755–1787
 * align=center | 19 June 1779
 * align=center | 22 August 1779
 * align=center | Zand
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Sadeq Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Image of sadiq khan zand.png
 * rowspan="2" align=center | ?–1781
 * align=center | 22 August 1779
 * align=center | 14 March 1781
 * align=center | Zand
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ali-Morad Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Ali Murad Khan Zand.png
 * rowspan="2" align=center | c. 1720–1785
 * align=center | 15 March 1781
 * align=center | 11 February 1785
 * align=center | Zand
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Bagher Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | No portrait.svg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | ?–1786
 * align=center | 12 February 1785
 * align=center | 17 February 1785
 * N/A
 * colspan="3" align=left| After the death of Ali-Morad Khan, Bagher Khan Khorasgani Governor of Isfahan proclaimed himself as Shah and mentioned himself in the Khutbah and on coins. He was defeated from the corps of Jafar Khan.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Jafar Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Ja`far Khan.png
 * rowspan="2" align=center | ?–1789
 * align=center | 18 February 1785
 * align=center | 23 January 1789
 * align=center | Zand
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Seyd Morad Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Sayed Murad Zand.png
 * rowspan="2" align=center | ?–1789
 * align=center | 23 January 1789
 * align=center | 10 May 1789
 * align=center | Zand
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Lotf Ali Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Lotf Ali Khan Zand.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | c. 1769–1794
 * align=center | 10 May 1789
 * align=center | 20 March 1794
 * align=center | Zand
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 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Shah of Iran
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 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Shah of Iran
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Lotf Ali Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Lotf Ali Khan Zand.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | c. 1769–1794
 * align=center | 21 March 1794
 * align=center | 30 October 1794
 * align=center | Zand
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Sublime State of Persia (1796–1925)
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Agha Mohammad Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, painting, ca. 1840.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1742–1797
 * align=center | 14 May 1796
 * align=center | 17 June 1797
 * align=center | Qajar
 * colspan="3" align=left| Agha Mohammad decided to move his capital to the small town of Tehran on 1786. He was formally crowned as Shah during spring 1796 at the Mugan plain, on his return after the conquest of Tbilisi.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Fath-Ali Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Brooklyn Museum - Portrait of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar - Mihr 'Ali.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1772–1834
 * align=center | 17 June 1797
 * align=center | 23 October 1834
 * align=center | Qajar
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Mohammad Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Mohammadshah (01).jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1808–1848
 * align=center | 9 November 1834
 * align=center | 5 September 1848
 * align=center | Qajar
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Naser al-Din Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Naser edin shah by Kamalolmolk.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1831–1896
 * align=center | 13 September 1848
 * align=center | 1 May 1896
 * align=center | Qajar
 * colspan="3" align=left| Queen-mother Mahd-e Olia: 5 September 1848 – 1 October 1848.
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Mozaffar ad-Din Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Portrait of Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar by Kamal-ol-molk, 1902.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1853–1907
 * align=center | 2 May 1896
 * align=center | 8 January 1907
 * align=center | Qajar
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Mohammad Ali Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Mohammad Ali Shah.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1872–1925
 * align=center | 8 January 1907
 * align=center | 16 July 1909
 * align=center | Qajar
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ahmad Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | AhmadShahQajar2.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1898–1930
 * align=center | 16 July 1909
 * align=center | 31 October 1925
 * align=center | Qajar
 * colspan="3" align=left| Reigned in exile: from 2 December 1923'''
 * colspan="3" align=left| Reigned in exile: from 2 December 1923'''

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 * Ali Reza Azod al-Molk: 18 July 1909 – 23 September 1910.
 * Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk: 24 September 1910 – 21 July 1914.
 * Prince Mohammad Hassan Mirza: 24 March 1924 – 31 October 1925.

Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979)
! colspan="2" width="1%" | No. ! colspan="2" width="150px" | Name ! Birth–Death ! width="20%" | Took office ! width="20%" | Left office ! width="20%" | Political Affiliation ! rowspan="2" style="background:" | ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 35 ! colspan=8| ! colspan="2" width="1%" | No. ! colspan="2" width="150px" | Name ! Birth–Death ! width="20%" | Took office ! width="20%" | Left office ! width="20%" | Dynasty ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| (35) ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 36
 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Provisional Head of State
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Reza Khan
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Antoin Sevruguin 48 12 SI.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1878–1944
 * align=center | 31 October 1925
 * align=center | 15 December 1925
 * align=center | Military
 * colspan="3" align=left|.
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 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Shah of Iran
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Reza Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Reza shah uniform.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1878–1944
 * align=center | 15 December 1925
 * align=center | 16 September 1941
 * align=center | Pahlavi
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Mohammad Reza Shah
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1973.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1919–1980
 * align=center | 16 September 1941
 * align=center | 11 February 1979
 * align=center | Pahlavi
 * colspan="3" align=left| Reigned in exile:
 * colspan="3" align=left| Reigned in exile:

! colspan=8| ! colspan="2" width="1%" | No. ! colspan="2" width="150px" | Name ! Birth–Death ! width="20%" | Took office ! width="20%" | Left office ! width="20%" | Political Affiliation ! colspan=8|
 * 16–22 August 1953 (Baghdad; from 18 August at Rome)
 * from 16 January 1979 (Egypt; from 22 January at Morocco).

Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present)
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 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Leader of the Revolution
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ruhollah Khomeini
 * rowspan="2" align=center | عکسی از خمینی.JPG
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1900-1989
 * align=center | 5 February 1979
 * align=center | 3 December 1979
 * align=center | Independent
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 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Supreme Leader of Iran
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 * colspan="8" bgcolor="lightgrey" align=center| Supreme Leader of Iran
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ruhollah Khomeini
 * rowspan="2" align=center | Portrait of Ruhollah Khomeini.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1900-1989
 * align=center | 3 December 1979
 * align=center | 3 June 1989
 * align=center | Independent
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 * rowspan="2" align=left  | Ali Khamenei
 * rowspan="2" align=center | سید علی خامنه‌ای در سال ۱۴۰۳.jpg
 * rowspan="2" align=center | 1939–present
 * align=center | 4 June 1989
 * align=center | Incumbent
 * align=center | Independent
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