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- Abbas Abdireformistعباس عبدیEditor-in-chief, Salam and Khordad; former US Embassy hostage-taker turned reformist4
- Abbas Amir-Entezamoppositionعباس امیرانتظامDeputy Prime Minister (1979); Iran's longest-held political prisoner3
- Abbas Araghchipragmatistعباس عراقچیMinister of Foreign Affairs (2024–present); lead nuclear negotiator5
- Abbas Babaeiعباس باباییIRIAF Brigadier General and fighter pilot; killed by friendly fire during Iran-Iraq War3
- Abbas Ghaffariعباس غفاریAlleged spiritual adviser to President Ahmadinejad's inner circle3
- Abbas Milanioppositionعباس میلانیHamid and Christina Moghadam Director of Iranian Studies, Stanford University; co-director, Iran Democracy Project at Hoover Institution5
- Abbas RhayelLebanese Hezbollah operative; convicted perpetrator of the Mykonos restaurant assassination (1992)7
- Abbas Sheibaniconservativeعباس شیبانیPhysician; founding member of the Freedom Movement; Minister of Agriculture (1979–1980); five-term member of parliament13
- Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaeihardlinerعباسعلی کدخداییJurist member of the Guardian Council; former spokesman6
- Abdol-Rahman Banihashemiعبدالرحمن بنی‌هاشمیMOIS operative; led the attack team in the Mykonos restaurant assassination (1992); fugitive with outstanding German arrest warrant7
- Abdolali Ali-Asgarihardlinerعبدالعلی علی‌عسگریHead of IRIB (2016–2021)4
- Abdolali Bazarganreformistعبدالعلی بازرگانDeputy leader of Freedom Movement of Iran; Islamic thinker; reformist politician7
- Abdolhamid Minouchehrعبدالحمید مینوچهرDean, Nuclear Engineering Faculty, Shahid Beheshti University; killed June 20252
- Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabilihardlinerعبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلیChief Justice of Iran (1981–1989); co-founder of the Islamic Republican Party16
- Abdolkarim Soroushreformistعبدالکریم سروشPhilosopher; religious intellectual; former member of the Cultural Revolution Committee; exile scholar23
- Abdollah Javadi Amoliconservativeعبدالله جوادی آملیGrand Ayatollah; Shia philosopher and marja'4
- Abdolnaser Hemmatipragmatistعبدالناصر همتیFormer Finance Minister (2024, briefly); former Central Bank Governor (2018–2021)3
- Abdolrahim Mousavihardlinerعبدالرحیم موسویChief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (2025–2026)6
- Abdul Rahman Ghassemlouoppositionعبدالرحمان قاسملوLeader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)11
- Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadioppositionعبدالرحمان حاجی احمدیCo-founder and Secretary-General of PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan)3
- Abdul Reza ShahlaihardlinerIRGCعبدالرضا شهلاییIRGC-Quds Force senior officer; directed 2011 Arbabsiar assassination plot; deployed to Yemen6
- Abdullah Ghaderi-Azaroppositionعبدالله قادری‌آذرAide to Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou; PDKI representative4
- Abdullah Jalali-NasabhardlinerIRGCعبدالله جلالی‌نسبBrigadier General; Intelligence Chief, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (d. 14 March 2026)7
- Abdullah Mohtadioppositionعبدالله مهتدیSecretary General of the Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan6
- Abdullah Öcalanoppositionعبدالله اوجالانFounder and ideological leader of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party)4
- Abolghasem Mesbahioppositionابوالقاسم مصباحیFormer senior MOIS officer; defector and key witness in AMIA and Mykonos proceedings3
- Abolhassan Banisadrpragmatistابوالحسن بنی‌صدر1st President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (1980–1981)10
- Abolqasem BabaeianhardlinerIRGCابوالقاسم بابائیانMajor General; Chief of Staff, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters (d. 14 March 2026)14
- Abu Ali Reda AbbashardlinerCommander of Hezbollah's Radwan Force (2024–present)3
- Abu Mahdi al-Muhandishardlinerابومهدی المهندسDeputy Commander, Popular Mobilization Forces; Commander, Kata'ib Hezbollah9
- Abuzar MohammadihardlinerIRGCابوذر محمدیIRGC Missile Operations officer, embedded with Hezbollah (d. 12 March 2026)6
- Adel al-Jubeirعادل الجبیرSaudi diplomat; ambassador to the US targeted in 2011 IRGC-QF assassination plot; later Saudi Foreign Minister4
- Adnan Tabatabaipragmatistعدنان طباطباییGerman-Iranian academic and analyst6
- Afshin Molaviافشین ملویSenior Fellow, Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute; founder, Emerging World3
- Afshin Naghshbandihardlinerافشین نقشبندیArmed Forces Representative to Basij (d. 19 March 2026)4
- Afshon Ostovaroppositionافشون استوارAssociate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School3
- Ahmad Alam al-Hudahardlinerاحمد علم‌الهدیFriday Prayer Imam of Mashhad; representative of Supreme Leader in Razavi Khorasan3
- Ahmad Ali Masoud Ansarioppositionاحمدعلی مسعود انصاریIranian economist; former Pahlavi court confidant and financial adviser; memoirist4
- Ahmad Hosseini Khorasanihardlinerاحمد حسینی خراسانیClerical member of the Guardian Council2
- Ahmad Jannatihardlinerاحمد جنتیSecretary of the Guardian Council (1992–present); former Chairman of Assembly of Experts11
- Ahmad Khatamihardlinerاحمد خاتمیMember of Guardian Council; substitute Friday Prayer Imam of Tehran (2005–present)8
- Ahmad Khomeinihardlinerاحمد خمینیChief of staff to Ayatollah Khomeini; political gatekeeper; custodian of Khomeini's mausoleum 1989–199516
- Ahmad RasoulihardlinerIRGCاحمد رسولیIRGC Quds Force Palestine Corps Commander (d. 2026)1
- Ahmad Reza Asgharihardlinerاحمدرضا اصغریFormer Third Secretary, Iranian Embassy Buenos Aires; intelligence operative3
- Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryaniاحمدرضا ذوالفقاری دریانیProfessor of nuclear engineering, Shahid Beheshti University; killed June 20252
- Ahmad Sadeghihardlinerاحمد صادقیFormer Iranian Ambassador to Australia; expelled September 20251
- Ahmad Tafazzoliاحمد تفضلیScholar of ancient Iranian literature; Tehran University professor; assassinated 19972
- Ahmad Tavakkoliconservativeاحمد توکلیConservative politician, MP, founder of Resalat newspaper11
- Ahmad VahidihardlinerIRGCاحمد وحیدیFormer Minister of Interior (2021–2024); former Minister of Defense (2009–2013)7
- Ahmad-Reza Radanhardlinerاحمدرضا رادانCommander-in-Chief, Law Enforcement Command of Iran (2022–present)4