Majid Ansari ( fa, مجید انصاری; born in 1954 in

Khanuk Khanuk ( fa, خانوك, also Romanized as Khānūk; also known as Khānūq) is a city in the Central District of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a ...

, Kerman Province) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently member of the

Expediency Discernment Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( fa, مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام ''Majma'-e Taškhīs-e Maslahat-e Nezām'') is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the C ...

. He was formerly Vice President for Legal Affairs from July 12, 2016 until August 9, 2017. Previously held vice presidency in parliamentary affairs from October 12, 2004 to August 29, 2005, appointed by President

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 t ...

and the second term from September 1, 2013 until July 12, 2016 under President

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

. On 2 August 2017, Ansari announced that he will not be part of second Rouhani government. Ansari is also a former representative to the

Assembly of Experts The Assembly of Experts ( fa, مجلس خبرگان رهبری, majles-e khobregân-e rahbari), also translated as the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership or as the Council of Experts, is the deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme ...

and a current member of the

. Politically, he is a member of the Central Council of

Association of Combatant Clerics The Association of Combatant Clerics ( fa, مجمع روحانیون مبارز, ''Majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez'') is an Iranian reformist clerical political party. It is regarded as a left-wing party within the Iranian political spectrum. H ...

. Previously, he has been a representative of

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in the

Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The P ...

until 2004. Ansari has openly supported Sadegh Khalkhali, the hanging judge and his serial executions.! خاتمی در مراسم ترحيم شيخ صادق خلخالی

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Iranian Islamic religious leaders Vice Presidents of Iran for Parliamentary Affairs Living people Association of Combatant Clerics politicians Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Members of the Assembly of Experts 1954 births Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 6th Islamic Consultative Assembly Iranian wardens Vice Presidents of Iran for Legal Affairs Heads of reformist fractions in Islamic Consultative Assembly {{Iran-politician-stub