Governments of Iran and Afghanistan in which a clerical supreme leader holds final authority over a state organized by religious law. A government belongs here when its cited article names its country as Iran or Afghanistan. The group sits under the Theocratic and Supreme Religious-Legal Leaderships subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the region of each country and its form of executive. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
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Theocratic Leaderships of Iran and Afghanistan
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Masoud Pezeshkian (Wikipedia)
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Masoud Pezeshkian (born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian politician and heart surgeon who has served as the president of Iran since 2024.
Hibatullah Akhundzada (Wikipedia)
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Hibatullah Akhundzada (born 20 October 1967) is an Afghan politician and cleric who is serving as the supreme leader of Afghanistan under the Taliban government.
Hasan Akhund (Wikipedia)
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Muhammad Hasan Akhund Kakar (born c. 1945-1958) is an Afghan politician and cleric who has been serving as the 27th prime minister of Afghanistan since 2025, having previously served in this role on an interim basis from 2021.
Mojtaba Khamenei (Wikipedia)
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Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei (born 8 September 1969) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who has served as the supreme leader of Iran since 2026.
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