| # | Name | Picture | Born-Died | Took Office | Left Office | Political Party | Prime Minister | Vice President | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abulhassan Banisadr | 
|
1933– | 4 February 1980 | 22 June 1981 (impeached) |
Independent | Mohammad-Ali Rajai | Post not created | 1 |
| Provisional Presidential Council (Leader: Mohammad Beheshti) |
– | 22 June 1981 | 2 August 1981 | – | – | ||||
| 2 | Mohammad-Ali Rajai | 
|
1933–1981 | 2 August 1981 | 30 August 1981 (assassinated) |
Islamic Republican Party | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar | 2 | |
| Provisional Presidential Council (Leader: Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani) |
– | 30 August 1981 | 13 October 1981 | – | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | – | |||
| 3 | Ali Khamenei | File:Ali Khamenei,.jpg | 1939– | 13 October 1981 | 16 August 1985 | Islamic Republican Party | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 3 | |
| 16 August 1985 | 15 May 1987 | 4 | |||||||
| (3) | 15 May 1987 | 3 August 1989 | Combatant Clergy Association | ||||||
| 4 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | 
|
1934– | 3 August 1989 | 3 August 1993 | Combatant Clergy Association | Position abolished | Hassan Habibi | 5 |
| 3 August 1993 | 4 March 1996 | 6 | |||||||
| 4 | 4 March 1996 | 2 August 1997 | Executives of Construction Party | ||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Khatami | 
|
1943– | 2 August 1997 | 8 August 2001[1] | Association of Combatant Clerics | 7 | ||
| 8 August 2001[1] | 3 August 2005 | Mohammad-Reza Aref | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 
|
1956– | 3 August 2005 | 5 August 2009 | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran | Parviz Davoodi | 9 | |
| 5 August 2009 | Incumbent (Term expires 5 August 2013) |
Mohammad-Reza Rahimi | 10 | ||||||
- ^ a b (in French) La documentation française: "[...] le nouveau Parlement retarde l'investiture du président Khatami qui prête serment le 8 août pour un second mandat de quatre ans."