31 Facts About Ali Larijani

Ali Larijani has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2020, having previously served from 1997 to 2008.

Ali Larijani previously ran in 2005, but finished in 6th place, and was disqualified from running in 2021.

Ali Larijani is the current member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

Ali Larijani was born in Najaf, Iraq to Iranian Persian parents.

Ali Larijani's father was a leading cleric, Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli.

Ali Larijani's parents moved to Najaf in 1931 due to pressure of the ruler Reza Shah, but returned to Iran in 1961.

Ali Larijani holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and mathematics from Aryamehr University of Technology and holds a master's degree and PhD in Western philosophy from the University of Tehran.

Ali Larijani has published books on Immanuel Kant, Saul Kripke, and David Lewis.

Ali Larijani is a faculty member of the School of Literature and Humanities at the University of Tehran.

Ali Larijani served as the deputy minister of labor and social affairs.

Ali Larijani was in office until 21 July 2004 and was succeeded by Ezzatollah Zarghami after serving ten years in the post.

Ali Larijani became security adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in August 2004.

Ali Larijani was considered the most important presidential candidate of the conservative alliance for the 2005 presidential elections.

Ali Larijani was supported by the Islamic Society of Engineers, among other conservative groups.

Ali Larijani had been announced as the final choice of the conservative Council for Coordination of the Forces of the Revolution, made from representatives of some influential conservative parties and organizations.

In 2005, Ali Larijani was appointed the Supreme National Security Council secretary.

Ali Larijani said he was willing to work with Ahmadinejad; according to Larijani, he did not disagree with Ahmadinejad on ideological issues and had only "differences in style".

Ali Larijani was reelected in the next year as chairman of the parliament.

Ali Larijani was re-elected in 2012 elections as the Qom district's high-receiving candidate.

Ali Larijani was elected for another term as chairman of the parliament on 5 June 2012 and was sworn in on 11 June 2012.

Ali Larijani implied on 21 June 2009 that authorities took the side of one candidate without clarifying which candidate.

Just after the election, Ali Larijani reportedly congratulated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi as he, having "access to firsthand and classified information and news", believed Mousavi had won the election.

However, on 22 October 2012, during a QA meeting with the students of Iran University of Science and Technology, Ali Larijani denied the allegations that he had congratulated Mousavi.

Ali Larijani was elected as speaker in the new Majlis in May 2016.

In May 2021, Ali Larijani declared his bid for the presidency in the 2021 Iranian presidential election.

In May 2024, Ali Larijani submitted his application for his candidacy for the president in the 2024 Iranian presidential election.

Ali Larijani was considered to maintain Motalefeh membership and views while in Hashemi Rafsanjani cabinet.

Iranian scholar Mehdi Moslem in his 2002 book named Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran, suggests that Ali Larijani had been a member of Motalefeh and part of the 'traditional right'.

Ali Larijani is described as a center-right politician who has "slowly distanced himself from the Principlist camp" and a "conservative-turned-moderate".

Ali Larijani is the son-in-law of Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari, His daughter, Fatemeh Ardeshir-Ali Larijani, studies at the University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in the United States.

On 2 April 2020, Ali Larijani tested positive for coronavirus and was placed in quarantine.