Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i | |
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غلامحسین محسنی اژهای | |
Mohseni-Eje'i in 2023 | |
| Chief Justice of Iran | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Member of the Interim Leadership Council | |
| In office 1 March 2026 – 8 March 2026 Serving with Masoud Pezeshkian and Alireza Arafi | |
| Preceded by | Ali Khamenei (as Supreme Leader) |
| Succeeded by | Mojtaba Khamenei (as Supreme Leader) |
| First Deputy to the Chief Justice of Iran | |
| In office 23 August 2014 – 1 July 2021 | |
| Appointed by | Sadeq Larijani |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Mosaddegh Kahnamouei |
| Spokesman of Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
| In office 16 September 2010 – 8 April 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Sadeq Larijani |
| Preceded by | Alireza Jamshidi |
| Succeeded by | Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili |
| Prosecutor-General of Iran | |
| In office 24 August 2009 – 23 August 2014 | |
| Appointed by | Sadeq Larijani |
| Preceded by | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi |
| Succeeded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| 6th Minister of Intelligence | |
| In office 24 August 2005 – 23 July 2009 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Ali Younesi |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1956 Ezhiyeh, Isfahan province, Iran |
| Alma mater | Haghani Seminary |
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i (Persian: غلام حسین محسنی اژهای, romanized: Ğolām-Hoseyn Mohseni Eže'i, Persian pronunciation: [ɢolɒːmhoˈsejn mohseˈniː eʒeˈjiː] ⓘ; born 29 September 1956) is an Iranian politician and Islamic jurist who has served as Chief Justice of Iran since 2021. He was the Iranian minister of intelligence from 2005 to July 2009, when he was abruptly dismissed. He also held a number of other governmental posts since 1984.
As judiciary chief, Mohseni-Eje'i played a central role in suppressing the 2025–2026 protests in Iran, directing prosecutors to show "no leniency" toward demonstrators, leading to swift executions, widespread use of capital punishment, and the denial of due process, legal counsel, and fair trials for many, particularly young adults.
Following the assassination of Ali Khamenei, Mohseni-Eje'i served on the Interim Leadership Council alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Alireza Arafi. He was sanctioned by the U.S. State Department and the European Union in 2011 for his role in repressing the 2009 post-election protests, with the E.U. accusing him of overseeing "the detention and torture of, and the extraction of false confessions under pressure from, hundreds of activists, journalists, dissidents and reformist politicians".