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This is a partial list ofayatollahs, a title given to high rankedTwelverUsuliShi'aMuslim clerics. Its ranking is higher thanHujjat al-Islam, and the next higher clerical rank isGrand Ayatollah also known asMarja'. This list contains only the names ofayatollahs. To see lists ofgrand ayatollahs, orhujjatul islams, see the following articles:List of maraji;List of hujjatul Islams.[1]
The names are ordered with age indescending order. (oldest to youngest).
| No | Image | Name | Birth Date CE | Birth Place | Residence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .jpg) | Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani محمدباقر باقری کنی | 1926 (age 98–99) |  Tehran,Iran |  Iran | - |
| 2 |  | Ahmad Mohseni Garakani احمد محسنی گرکانی | 1926 (age 98–99) | Garakan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 3 |  | Ahmad Jannati احمد جنتی | (1927-02-23)23 February 1927 (age 98) | Isfahan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 4 |  | Seyed Ali Akbar Ghoreyshi سید علی اکبر قریشی | 1928 (age 96–97) | Bonab,Iran | Iran | - |
| 5 | al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد مرتضى الموسوي القزويني | (1930-08-01)1 August 1930 (age 94) |  Karbala,Iraq |  Karbala,Iraq | - | |
| 6 |  | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی | 1932 (age 92–93) | Kerman,Iran | Iran | - |
| 7 |  | Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی | 1932 (age 92–93) | Khomeyn,Iran | Iran | - |
| 8 |  | Seyed Hassan Mortazavi Shahroudi سید حسن مرتضوی شاهرودی | (1933-02-22)22 February 1933 (age 92) | Shahrud,Iran | Iran | - |
| 9 |  | Hassan Shariati Niyasar حسن شریعتی نیاسر | (1933-03-21)21 March 1933 (age 92) | Neyasar,Iran | Iran | - |
| 10 |  | Zaynolabideen Ghorbani العابدین قربانی | 1933 (age 91–92) | Panchah,Iran | Iran | - |
| 11 |  | Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi سید محمد شاهچراغی | (1934-06-10)10 June 1934 (age 90) | Damghan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 12 | .jpg) | Morteza Moghtadai مرتضی مقتدایی | (1935-10-12)12 October 1935 (age 89) | Isfahan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 13 | _(cropped).jpg) | Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei سید محمد خامنه‌ای | (1935-12-25)25 December 1935 (age 89) | Mashhad,Iran | Iran | - |
| 14 |  | Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی | 1935 (age 89–90) | Hoseynabad,Iran | Iran | - |
| 15 |  | Ahmad Beheshti احمد بهشتی | 1935 (age 89–90) | Fasa,Iran | Iran | - |
| 16 |  | Reza Ostadi Moghaddam رضا استادی مقدم | (1937-09-29)29 September 1937 (age 87) | Tehran,Iran | Iran | - |
| 17 | .jpg) | Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi سید محسن خرازی | 1937 (age 87–88) | Tehran,Iran | Iran | - |
| 18 |  | Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi هاشم هاشم‌زاده هریسی | 1938 (age 86–87) | Heris,Iran | Iran | - |
| 19 |  | Seyyed Ali Shafiei سیدعلی شفیعی | 1940 (age 84–85) | Dezful,Iran | Ahvaz,Iran | |
| 20 |  | Kazem Nourmofidi کاظم نورمفیدی | 1940 (age 84–85) | Gorgan,Iran | Golestan province,Iran | - |
| 21 | .jpg) | Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri سیدمحمدعلی موسوی جزایری | 1941 (age 83–84) | Shushtar,Iran | Iran | - |
| 22 |  | Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi محمود مرعشی نجفی | 1941 (age 83–84) | Qom,Iran | Iran | - |
| 23 | Syed Riaz Hussain Najafi سید ریاض حسین نجفی | 1941 (age 83–84) |  Alipur,British India |  Lahore,Pakistan | - | |
| 24 |  | Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha سید محمد موسوی خوئینی ها | 1942 (age 82–83) | Qazvin,Iran | Iran | - |
| 25 | al-Sayyid Mujtaba al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي | (1943-08-06)6 August 1943 (age 81) | Karbala,Iraq |  London,United Kingdom | - | |
| 26 | .jpg) | Ahmad Alamolhoda احمد علم‌الهدی | (1944-09-01)1 September 1944 (age 80) | Mashhad,Iran | Iran | - |
| 27 |  | Hossein Ansarian حسین انصاریان | (1944-11-09)9 November 1944 (age 80) | Khansar,Iran | Iran | - |
| 28 |  | Seyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad سید یوسف طباطبایی نژاد | 1944 (age 80–81) | Ardestan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 29 |  | Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Faraz سید مصطفی موسوی فراز | 1945 (age 79–80) | Isfahan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 30 |  | Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi محمدرضا ناصری یزدی | 1945 (age 79–80) | Yazd,Iran | Iran | - |
| 31 |  | Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad مصطفی محقق داماد | 1945 (age 79–80) | Qom,Iran | Iran | - |
| 32 | Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani مرتضی صدوقی مازندرانی | (1946-07-22)22 July 1946 (age 78) | Iran | Iran | - | |
| 33 |  | Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi حسین موسوی تبریزی | 1947 (age 77–78) | Tabriz,Iran | Iran | - |
| 34 | al-Sayyid Hadi al-Hussayni al-Modarresi السيد هادي الحسيني المدرسي | 1947 (age 77–78) | Karbala,Iraq | Iraq | Official Website | |
| 35 | Zohreh Sefati زهره صفاتی | 1948 (age 76–77) | Abadan,Iran | Iran | - | |
| 36 | .jpg) | al-Sayyid Ali al-Hussayni al-Milani السيد علي الحسيني الميلاني | 1948 (age 76–77) | Najaf,Iraq | Qom,Iran | Official Website |
| 37 | al-Sayyid Ali al-Musawi al-Sabziwari السيد علي الموسوي السبزواري | 1948 (age 76–77) | Najaf,Iraq | Najaf,Iraq | - | |
| 38 | Muhammad Baqir al-Irawani محمد باقر الإيرواني | 1949 (age 75–76) | Najaf,Iraq | Iraq | - | |
| 39 |  | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی | (1950-12-03)3 December 1950 (age 74) | Najafabad,Isfahan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 40 |  | Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam غلامرضا مصباحی مقدم | (1951-07-11)11 July 1951 (age 73) | Mashhad,Iran | Iran | - |
| 41 |  | Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi سید محمد سعیدی | 1951 (age 73–74) | Qom,Iran | Iran | - |
| 42 |  | Mohammad Taghi Vaezi محمد تقی واعظی | 1951 (age 73–74) | Tehran,Iran | Iran | - |
| 43 |  | Mohsen Faqihi محسن فقیهی | (1952-11-17)17 November 1952 (age 72) | Iran | Iran | - |
| 44 |  | Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky ابراهیم یعقوبی زکزکی | (1953-05-05)5 May 1953 (age 71) |  Zaria,Nigeria | Nigeria | - |
| 45 |  | Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi مهدی شب‌زنده‌دار جهرمی | 1953 (age 71–72) | Darab,Iran | Iran | - |
| 46 |  | Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi سید محمود علوی | (1954-05-04)4 May 1954 (age 70) | Lamerd,Iran | Iran | - |
| 47 | .jpg) | Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini سید مجتبی حسینی | 1954 (age 70–71) | Mashhad,Iran | Iran | - |
| 48 |  | Seyed Mohammad Ali Ayazi سید محمدعلى ايازى | 1954 (age 70–71) | Iran | Iran | - |
| 49 |  | Seyyed Mohammad Reza Modarresi Yazdi سید محمدرضا مدرسی یزدی | 1955 (age 69–70) | Yazd,Iran | Iran | - |
| 50 |  | Ali Akbar Rashad علی‌اکبر رشاد | 1955 (age 69–70) | Iran | Iran | - |
| 51 |  | Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani عبدالحمید معصومی تهرانی | 1955 (age 69–70) | Tehran,Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 52 | .jpg) | Mohsen Araki محسن اراکی | 1956 (age 68–69) |  Najaf,Iraq | Iran | - |
| 53 |  | Seyyed Hashem Hosseini Bushehri سید هاشم حسینی بوشهری | 1956 (age 68–69) | Bushehr,Iran | Iran | - |
| 54 |  | Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi محمدتقی پورمحمدی | 1956 (age 68–69) | Marand,Iran | Iran | - |
| 55 | al-Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hussayni al-Modarresi السيد علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي | (1957-09-17)17 September 1957 (age 67) | Karbala,Iraq | Mashhad,Iran | - | |
| 56 |  | Mohsen Heidari Alekasir محسن حیدری آل کثیر | 1957 (age 67–68) | Shush,Iran | Iran | - |
| 57 | Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Kazemeyni Borojerdi سید محمدحسین کاظمینی بروجردی | (1958-08-01)1 August 1958 (age 66) | Qom,Iran | Iran | - | |
| 58 |  | al-Sayyid Riyadh Al-Hakim السيد رياض الحكيم | (1959-01-18)18 January 1959 (age 66) | Najaf,Iraq | Iraq | - |
| 59 |  | Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری | (1959-06-23)23 June 1959 (age 65) | Bushehr,Iran | Iran | - |
| 60 |  | Malik Sakhawat Hussain مالک سخاوت حسین | (1959-11-05)5 November 1959 (age 65) | Sandral,Pakistan |  United States of America | Official Website |
| 61 |  | Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani سید احمد حسینی خراسانی | 1959 (age 65–66) | Shirvan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 62 |  | Alireza Arafi علی رضا اعرافی | 1959 (age 65–66) | Meybod,Iran | Iran | - |
| 63 | .jpeg) | Ahmad Khatami احمد خاتمی | (1960-05-08)8 May 1960 (age 64) | Semnan,Iran | Iran | - |
| 64 | _(crop_of_Sadeq_Larijani).jpg) | Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani صادق اردشیر لاریجانی | (1961-03-12)12 March 1961 (age 64) | Najaf,Iraq | Iran | - |
| 65 | .jpg) | Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri محمدمهدی میرباقری | 1961 (age 63–64) | Qom,Iran | Iran | - |
| 66 | .jpg) | Abolghasem Alidoust ابوالقاسم علیدوست | 1961 (age 63–64) | Yazd,Iran | Iran | - |
| 67 |  | Seyed Hassan Ameli سید حسن عاملی | (1962-06-05)5 June 1962 (age 62) | Ardabil,Iran | Iran | - |
| 68 | Mostafa Boroujerdi مصطفی بروجردی | (1962-08-01)1 August 1962 (age 62) | Qom,Iran | Iran | - | |
| 69 | al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Sistani السيد محمد رضا الحسيني السيستاني | (1962-08-18)18 August 1962 (age 62) | Najaf,Iraq | Iraq | - | |
| 70 |  | Abbas Ka'bi عباس کعبی | 1962 (age 62–63) | Ahvaz,Iran | Iran | - |
| 71 |  | Lotfallah Dejkam لطف‌الله دژکام | 1962 (age 62–63) | Jahrom,Iran | Iran | - |
| 72 | Abbas Tabrizian عباس تبریزیان | 1962 (age 62–63) | Najaf,Iraq | Iran | - | |
| 73 |  | Reza Ramezani Gilani رضا رمضانی گیلانی | 1963 (age 61–62) | Rasht,Iran | Iran | - |
| 74 |  | Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi سيد عقيل الغروى | (1964-02-02)2 February 1964 (age 61) |  Banaras,India | London,United Kingdom | Official WebsiteArchived 1 August 2019 at theWayback Machine |
| 75 |  | Abdul Karim Farhani عبدالکریم فرحانی | 1964 (age 60–61) | Ahvaz,Iran | Iran | - |
| 76 | al-Sayyid Ali al-Hakim السيد علي الحكيم | 1964 (age 60–61) | Najaf,Iraq |  Lebanon | - | |
| 77 |  | al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد مرتضى الحسيني الشيرازي | 1964 (age 60–61) | Karbala,Iraq | Najaf,Iraq | - |
| 78 |  | al-Sayyid Muntazir Mehdi al-Razavi السید منتظر مهدی الرضوی | 1965 (age 59–60) | Allahabad,India | Qom,Iran | - |
| 79 | al-Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim السيد جعفر الحكيم | 1965 (age 59–60) | Najaf,Iraq | Najaf,Iraq | - | |
| 80 |  | Seyyed Nasir Hosseini سید نصیر حسینی | 1967 (age 57–58) | Yasuj,Iran | Iran | - |
| 81 |  | Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei سید مجتبی حسینی خامنه‌ای | (1969-09-08)8 September 1969 (age 55) | Mashhad,Iran | Iran | Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[2] |
| 82 |  | Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi سيد علي نقي نقوي | (1970-05-09)9 May 1970 (age 54) | Sahiwal,Pakistan | Lahore,Pakistan | - |
| 83 | al-Sayyid Hussein al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السید حسین الحسیني الشیرازي | 1970 (age 54–55) | Karbala,Iraq | Qom,Iran | - |
The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard.
| No | Image | Name | Year of Birth CE | Year of Death CE | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Habboubi السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي | 1849 (1849) | 1915 (aged 65–66) |  Najaf,Baghdad Eyalet | Nasiriyah,Basra vilayet | - |
| 2 |  | Seyed Ali Tabrizi سید علی تبریزی | 1844 (1844) | 7 December 1917(1917-12-07) (aged 72–73) |  Tabriz,Sublime State of Persia | Tabriz,Sublime State of Persia | - |
| 3 |  | Mohammad Aghazadeh Khorasani محمد آقازاده خراسانی | 1877 (1877) | 1937 (aged 59–60) | Najaf,Baghdad vilayet | Rey,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 4 | Najm al-Hasan نجم الحسن | (1863-05-25)25 May 1863 | 18 April 1938(1938-04-18) (aged 74) | British India | Lucknow,British India | - | |
| 5 |  | Abdul Karim Kho'ini Zanjani عبدالکریم خوئینی زنجانی | 1874 (1874) | 1938 (aged 63–64) | Khoein,Sublime State of Persia | Qazvin,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 6 | Bibi Khanum بی بی خانوم | Unknown? | 1950 (1951) | Baghdad vilayet | Najaf,Kingdom of Iraq | - | |
| 7 |  | Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani میرزا مهدی آشتیانی | 1888 (1888) | 23 April 1953(1953-04-23) (aged 64–65) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 8 |  | Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri سید احمد رضوی کشمیری | 1898 (1898) | 9 July 1964(1964-07-09) (aged 65–66) | Srinagar,British India | Srinagar,British India | [3][4][5][6] |
| 9 | Haj Mohammad-Hassan Jazayeri حاج محمد حسن جزایری | 1892 | 1965(1965-00-00) (aged 72–73) | Qom,Sublime State of Persia | Ahvaz,Imperial State of Iran | - | |
| 10 |  | Abdulkarim Zanjani عبدالکریم زنجانی | 1888 (1888) | 1968 (aged 79–80) | Zanjan,Sublime State of Persia | Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 11 |  | Seyed Mohammad Reza Saeedi سید محمدرضا سعیدی | 1929 (1929) | 10 June 1970(1970-06-10) (aged 40–41) | Mashhad,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 12 |  | Seyed Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi سید سلطان الواعظین شیرازی | (1894-05-12)12 May 1894 | 11 October 1971(1971-10-11) (aged 77) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 13 | .jpg) | Muhammad Taqi Amoli محمدتقی آملی | 1887 (1887) | 1971 (aged 83–84) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Mashhad,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 14 | Haj Mohammad Ali Hakim Movahed Namazi Shirazi حاج محمد علی حکیم موحد نمازی شیرازی | 1903 (1903) | 1971 (aged 67–68) (went missing) | Shiraz,Sublime State of Persia | Imperial State of Iran | - | |
| 15 |  | Mirza Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei میرزا مهدی الهی قمشه ای | (1901-01-01)1 January 1901 | 15 May 1973(1973-05-15) (aged 72) | Isfahan,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 16 | Haj Mirza Mahdi Pooya Yazdi حاج میرزا مهدی پویا یزدی | 1899 (1899) | July 17, 1973(1973-07-17) (aged 73–74) | Najaf,Baghdad vilayet | Karachi,Pakistan | [7] | |
| 17 | al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد محمد باقر الموسوي القزويني | 1919 (1919) | 1974 (aged 54–55) | Karbala,Baghdad vilayet | Karbala,Ba'athist Iraq | - | |
| 18 |  | Mirza Ahmad Ashtiani میرزا احمد آشتیانی | 1882 (1882) | 24 June 1975(1975-06-24) (aged 92–93) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Imperial State of Iran | - |
| 19 | _(cropped).jpg) | al-Sayyid Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr السيد موسى صدر الدين الصدر | (1928-06-04)4 June 1928 | 31 August 1978(1978-08-31) (aged 50) (Went Missing) | Qom,Imperial State of Iran |  Libya | - |
| 20 |  | Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai ایت الله سید ابو طالب پیشوایی | 1896 | 21 October 1978(1978-10-21) (aged 81–82) | Bandar-e Anzali,Sublime State of Persia | Bandar-e Anzali,Imperial State of Iran | [8] |
| 21 |  | Mahmoud Taleghani محمود طالقانی | (1911-03-05)5 March 1911 | 9 September 1979(1979-09-09) (aged 68) | Geliyard,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | [9] |
| 22 | Seyed Mohammad-Ali Qazi Tabatabaei سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی | (1914-10-23)23 October 1914 | 2 November 1979(1979-11-02) (aged 65) | Tabriz,Sublime State of Persia | Tabriz,Iran | - | |
| 23 |  | al-Sayyid Hassan al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي | 1935 (1935) | 2 May 1980(1980-05-02) (aged 44–45) | Najaf,Kingdom of Iraq | Beirut,Lebanon | - |
| 24 | Gholam Hossein Tabrizi غلامحسین تبریزی | 1924 (1924) | 14 June 1980(1980-06-14) (aged 55–56) | Vayqan,Sublime State of Persia | Mashhad,Iran | - | |
| 25 |  | Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی | (1928-10-24)24 October 1928 | 28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 52) | Isfahan,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [10] |
| 26 |  | Ali Qoddusi علی قدوسی | (1927-08-04)4 August 1927 | 5 September 1981(1981-09-05) (aged 54) | Nahavand,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 27 |  | Mohammad Sadoughi محمد صدوقی | (1909-03-01)1 March 1909 | 2 July 1982(1982-07-02) (aged 73) | Yazd,Sublime State of Persia | Yazd,Iran | - |
| 28 | Syed Yusuf al-Moosavi al-Safavi سید یوسف الموسوی الصفوی | 1904 (1904) | 29 August 1982(1982-08-29) (aged 77–78) | Budgam,British India | Budgam,India | - | |
| 29 | Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani عطاءالله اشرفی اصفهانی | 1902 (1902) | 15 October 1982(1982-10-15) (aged 79–80) | Khomeyn,Isfahan,Sublime State of Persia | Kermanshah,Iran | [11] | |
| 30 | Syed Zafr al-Hasan Rizvi سید ظفر الحسن ریضوی | (1911-09-13)13 September 1911 | 1 January 1983(1983-01-01) (aged 71) | Azamgarh,British India | India | - | |
| 31 |  | Seyed Mohammad Ali Angaji سید محمدعلی انگجی | 1897 (1897) | 5 June 1983(1983-06-05) (aged 85–86) | Tabriz,Sublime State of Persia | Tabriz,Iran | - |
| 32 |  | Seyedeh Nosrat Begum Amin سیده نصرت‌بیگم امین | 1886 (1886) | 13 June 1983(1983-06-13) (aged 96–97) | Isfahan,Sublime State of Iran | Qom,Iran | - |
| 33 | Jafar Hussain جعفر حسین | 1914 (1914) | 29 August 1983(1983-08-29) (aged 68–69) | British India | Gujranwala,Pakistan | - | |
| 34 |  | Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i حاج میرزا خلیل کمره | 1898 (1898) | 11 October 1984(1984-10-11) (aged 85–86) | Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | [12] |
| 35 | Mohammad Reza Tabasi محمد رضا طبسی | 1899 (1899) | 18 January 1985(1985-01-18) (aged 85–86) | Mashhad,Sublime State of Iran | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 36 |  | Morteza Haeri Yazdi مرتضی حائری یزدی | (1916-10-12)12 October 1916 | 16 March 1986(1986-03-16) (aged 69) | Arak,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Iran | - |
| 37 |  | Seyyed Javad Khamenei سید جواد خامنه‌ای | (1895-12-07)7 December 1895 | 5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 90) | Khameneh,Sublime State of Persia | Mashhad,Iran | - |
| 38 |  | Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی | 1925 (1925) | 1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 61–62) | Ilam,Imperial State of Iran | Qom,Iran | [13] |
| 39 |  | Ruhollah Khatami روح الله خاتمی | (1906-10-28)28 October 1906 | 27 October 1988(1988-10-27) (aged 81) | Yazd,Sublime State of Persia | Yazd,Iran | [14] |
| 40 |  | Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri آية الله سيد عباس المهري | 1915 (1915) | 15 February 1988(1988-02-15) (aged 72–73) | Mohr,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 41 | Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi حسنعلی نجابت شیرازی | 1917 (1917) | 28 April 1989(1989-04-28) (aged 71–72) | Shiraz,Sublime State of Persia | Shiraz,Iran | - | |
| 42 |  | Hossein Lankarani حسین لنکرانی | 1895 (1895) | 8 June 1989(1989-06-08) (aged 93–94) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 43 | Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi سید صفدر حسین نجفی | 1932 (1932) | 3 December 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 56–57) | Muzaffargarh,British India | Lahore,Pakistan | - | |
| 44 | Muhammad Yar Shah محمد یار شاه | 1913 (1913) | 20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 76–77) | Alipur,British India | | - | |
| 45 | Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Lavasani سید محمدصادق لواسانی | (2025-03-31UTC03:00:12) | 1990 (1991) | Najaf,Baghdad vilayet | Mehr,Iran | - | |
| 46 | Hussain Bakhsh Jarra حسین بخش جاڑا | 1919 (1919) | 1990 (aged 70–71) | British India | Pakistan | - | |
| 47 | Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi محمد كاظم حسينى مدرسى | 1921 (1921) | 5 April 1994(1994-04-05) (aged 72–73) | Mashhad,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 48 | al-Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد محمد كاظم الموسوي القزويني | (1930-03-13)13 March 1930 | 17 November 1994(1994-11-17) (aged 64) | Karbala,Mandatory Iraq | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 49 | Mahmoud Ansari Qomi محمود انصاری قمی | 1921 (1921) | 12 March 1999(1999-03-12) (aged 77–78) | Qom,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 50 | Seyed Mohammad Jafar Moravej سید محمد جعفر مروج | (1902-07-27)27 July 1902 | 13 March 1999(1999-03-13) (aged 96) | Shushtar,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 51 | Mahdi Haeri Yazdi مهدی حائری یزدی | 1923 (1923) | 8 July 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 75–76) | Qom,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 52 |  | Hadi Rohani حادی روحانی | (1924-03-03)3 March 1924 | 13 October 1999(1999-10-13) (aged 75) | Kalleh Bast,Sublime State of Persia | Babol,Iran | - |
| 53 | Seyed Mahdi Hosseini Rohani سید مهدی حسینی روحانی | (1925-07-15)15 July 1925 | 23 November 2000(2000-11-23) (aged 65) | Qom,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 54 | Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine محمد مهدي شمس الدين | 1936 (1936) | 10 January 2001(2001-01-10) (aged 64–65) | Najaf,Kingdom of Iraq | Beirut,Lebanon | - | |
| 55 | Seyed Hossein Ayatollahi سید حسین آیت‌اللهی | 1931 (1931) | 14 January 2001(2001-01-14) (aged 69–70) | Jahrom,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 56 |  | Khalil Boyukzadeh خلیل بیوک‌زاده | (1930-09-18)18 September 1930 | 16 April 2001(2001-04-16) (aged 70) | Ardabil,Imperial State of Iran | Ardabil,Iran | [15] |
| 57 |  | Syed Mustafa al-Moosavi al-Safavi سید مصطفی الموسوی الصفوی | (1918-02-02)2 February 1918 | 21 August 2002(2002-08-21) (aged 84) | Budgam,British India | Budgam,India | - |
| 58 |  | Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani سیداسماعیل موسوی زنجانی | 1928 (1928) | 18 December 2002(2002-12-18) (aged 73–74) | Pari,Imperial State of Iran | Ardabil,Zanjan | - |
| 59 |  | Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی | 1935 (1935) | 14 April 2003(2003-04-14) (aged 67–68) | Tabriz,Imperial State of Iran | Tabriz,Iran | - |
| 60 | al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim السيد محمد باقر الحكيم | 1939 (1939) | 29 August 2003(2003-08-29) (aged 63–64) | Najaf,Kingdom of Iraq | Najaf,Iraq | - | |
| 61 |  | Mohammed Sadegh Sadeghi Givi Khalkhali محمد صادق صادقی گیوی خلخالی | (1926-07-27)27 July 1926 | 26 November 2003(2003-11-26) (aged 77) | Givi,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 62 | Hasanali Morvarid حسنعلى مرواريد | 1911 (1911) | 5 October 2004(2004-10-05) (aged 92–93) | Mashhad,Sublime State of Persia | Mashhad,Iran | - | |
| 63 | Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani محمد واعظ عبایی خراسانی | 1940 (1940) | 13 October 2004(2004-10-13) (aged 63–64) | Mashhad,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 64 | Seyed Jalalodin Ashtiani سید جلال‌الدین آشتیانی | 1925 (1925) | 23 March 2005(2005-03-23) (aged 79–80) | Ashtian,Sublime State of Persia | Mashhad,Iran | - | |
| 65 | Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi نعمت‌الله صالحی نجف‌آبادی | 1923 (1923) | 6 May 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 82–83) | Najafabad,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 66 | Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat محمدهادی معرفت | 1931 (1931) | 19 January 2007(2007-01-19) (aged 75–76) | Karbala,Mandatory Iraq | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 67 | Abdul Karim Haghshenas عبدالکریم حق‌شناس | 1919 (1919) | 24 July 2007(2007-07-24) (aged 87–88) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 68 |  | Ali Akbar Feyz Aleni علی‌اکبر فیض آلنی | (1921-12-02)2 December 1921 | 30 July 2007(2007-07-30) (aged 85) | Meshgin,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 69 | al-Sayyid Murtadha Sharif al-Askari السيد مرتضى العسكري | (1914-05-14)14 May 1914 | 16 September 2007(2007-09-16) (aged 93) | Samarra,Baghdad vilayet | Tehran,Iran | - | |
| 70 |  | Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani احمد مجتهدی تهرانی | (1923-10-02)2 October 1923 | 13 January 2008(2008-01-13) (aged 84) | Tehran,Sublime State of Persia | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 71 |  | Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli محمدرضا توسلی | 1931 (1931) | 16 February 2008(2008-02-16) (aged 76–77) | Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [16] |
| 72 | al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد محمد رضا الحسيني الشيرازي | 1959 (1959) | 1 June 2008(2008-06-01) (aged 48–49) | Karbala,Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) | Qom,Iran | - | |
| 73 | al-Sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Hakim السيد محمد علي الحكيم | 1911 (1911) | 27 February 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 99–100) | Najaf,Baghdad vilayet | Najaf,Iraq | - | |
| 74 |  | Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani عباسعلی عمید زنجانی | (1937-03-30)30 March 1937 | 30 October 2011(2011-10-30) (aged 74) | Zanjan,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 75 | Mohammed Taqi Morvarid محمد تقى مرواريد | 1921 (1921) | 22 October 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 90–91) | Mashhad,Sublime State of Persia | Ilam,Iran | - | |
| 76 |  | Seyed Karamatollah Malek Hosseini سید کرامت‌الله ملک‌حسینی | 1924 (1924) | 2 November 2012(2012-11-02) (aged 87–88) | Gusheh-ye Shahzadeh Qasem,Sublime State of Persia | Yasuj,Iran | - |
| 77 |  | Azizollah Khoshvaght عزیزالله خوشوقت | 1926 (1926) | 19 February 2013(2013-02-19) (aged 86–87) | Tehran,Imperial State of Iran |  Mecca,Saudi Arabia | - |
| 78 |  | Seyed Mojtaba Mosavi Lari سید مجتبی موسوی لاری | 1925 (1925) | 9 March 2013(2013-03-09) (aged 87–88) | Lar,Imperial State of Iran | Iran | - |
| 79 | Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli عبد الهادي الفضلي | (1935-12-06)6 December 1935 | 8 April 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 77) | Basra,Kingdom of Iraq | Qatif,Saudi Arabia | - | |
| 80 |  | Gholamreza Rezvani غلامرضا رضوانی | (1922-09-24)24 September 1922 | 19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 90) | Sublime State of Persia | Iran | - |
| 81 |  | Seyyed Jalaleddin Taheri Esfahani سید جلال‌الدین طاهری اصفهانی | (1926-01-01)1 January 1926 | 2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (aged 87) | Isfahan,Imperial State of Iran | Isfahan,Iran | [17] |
| 82 |  | Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani محمد محمدی گیلانی | (1928-08-31)31 August 1928 | 9 July 2014(2014-07-09) (aged 85) | Imperial State of Iran | Iran | - |
| 83 |  | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani محمدرضا مهدوی کنی | (1931-08-06)6 August 1931 | 21 October 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 83) | Kan District,Tehran,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [18] |
| 84 |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Muhri السيد محمد باقر الموسوي المهري | (1948-12-25)25 December 1948 | 4 July 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 66) |  Kuwait City,Kuwait | Jabriya,Kuwait | - |
| 85 |  | Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی | (1925-03-21)21 March 1925 | 16 September 2015(2015-09-16) (aged 90) | Borujerd,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 86 |  | Nimr Baqir al-Nimr نمر باقر النمر | (1959-06-21)21 June 1959 | 2 January 2016(2016-01-02) (aged 56) | Al-Awamiyah,Saudi Arabia | Riyadh,Saudi Arabia | - |
| 87 |  | Abbas Vaez-Tabasi عباس واعظ طبسی | (1935-06-25)25 June 1935 | 4 March 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 80) | Tabas,Imperial State of Iran | Mashhad,Iran | [19] |
| 88 |  | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی | (1934-08-25)25 August 1934 | 8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 82) | Bahreman,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [20] |
| 89 |  | Nasrallah Shah Abadi نصرالله شاه آبادی | (1930-09-24)24 September 1930 | 12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 87) | Qom,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 90 |  | Asadollah Imani اسد‌الله ایمانی | 1947 (1947) | 6 May 2018(2018-05-06) (aged 70–71) | Kazerun,Imperial State of Iran | Shiraz,Iran | [21] |
| 91 |  | Gholamreza Hassani غلامرضا حسنی | (1927-07-21)21 July 1927 | 21 May 2018(2018-05-21) (aged 90) | Urmia,Imperial State of Iran | Urmia,Iran | [22] |
| 92 | .jpg) | Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی | (1948-08-15)15 August 1948 | 24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 70) | Najaf,Kingdom of Iraq | Tehran,Iran | [23] |
| 93 |  | Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami میرابراهیم سیدحاتمی | 1924 (1924) | 6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 94–95) | Ardabil,Sublime State of Persia | Qom,Iran | [24] |
| 94 |  | Mohammad Momen محمد مؤمن | (1938-01-13)13 January 1938 | 21 February 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 81) | Qom,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [25] |
| 95 |  | Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi سید هادی خسروشاهی | 1939 (1939) | 27 February 2020(2020-02-27) (aged 80–81) | Tabriz,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 96 | Reza Mohammadi Langroudi رضا محمدی لنگرودی | (1928-08-03)3 August 1928 | 5 March 2020(2020-03-05) (aged 91) | Langarud,Imperial State of Iran | Langarud,Iran | [26] | |
| 97 |  | Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani سید هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی | 1941 (1941) | 16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 78–79) | Guged,Imperial State of Iran | Qom,Iran | [27] |
| 98 |  | Ebrahim Amini ابراهیم امینی | (1925-06-30)30 June 1925 | 24 April 2020(2020-04-24) (aged 94) | Najafabad,Imperial State of Iran | Qom,Iran | [28] |
| 99 |  | Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri محمد علی تسخیر | (1944-10-19)19 October 1944 | 18 August 2020(2020-08-18) (aged 75) | Najaf,Kingdom of Iraq | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 100 |  | Abdol Javad Alamolhoda سید عبدالجواد علم الهدی | 1930 (1930) | 20 August 2020(2020-08-20) (aged 89–90) | Mashhad,Imperial State of Iran | Mashhad,Iran | [29] |
| 101 |  | Mohammad Yazdi محمد یزدی | (1931-07-02)2 July 1931 | 9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 89) | Isfahan,Imperial State of Iran | Qom,Iran | [30] |
| 102 | .jpg) | Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi محمدتقی مصباح یزدی | (1935-01-31)31 January 1935 | 1 January 2021(2021-01-01) (aged 85) | Yazd,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [31] |
| 103 |  | Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi سید محمد ضیاءآبادی | 1928 (1928) | 8 February 2021(2021-02-08) (aged 92–93) | Ziaabad,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | [32] |
| 104 |  | Fakhreddin Mousavi Naneh Karani فخرالدین موسوی ننه‌کرانی | 1930 (1930) | 18 September 2021(2021-09-18) (aged 90–91) | Ardabil,Imperial State of Iran | Ardabil,Iran | [33] |
| 105 | .jpg) | Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli حسن حسن‌زاده آملی | (1929-02-10)February 10, 1929 | 25 September 2021(2021-09-25) (aged 92) | Larijan,Imperial State of Iran | Amol,Iran | |
| 106 |  | Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari محسن مجتهد شبستری | 1937 (1937) | 17 November 2021(2021-11-17) (aged 83–84) | Shabestar,Imperial State of Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 107 |  | al-Sayyid Razi al-Hussayni al-Shirazi السيد رضي الحسيني الشيرازي | (1927-03-29)29 March 1927 | 1 December 2021(2021-12-01) (aged 94) | Najaf,Mandatory Iraq | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 108 | .jpg) | Mohammad Reyshahri محمد ری‌‌شهری | (1946-10-29)29 October 1946 | 21 March 2022(2022-03-21) (aged 75) | Rey,Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
| 109 |  | Seyed Mohammad Faghie سید محمد فقیه | (1942-04-10)10 April 1942 | 22 March 2022(2022-03-22) (aged 79) | Neyriz,Imperial State of Iran | Shiraz,Iran | - |
| 110 |  | Mohammad Feyz Sarabi محمد فیض سرابی | (1928-08-23)23 August 1928 | 11 April 2022(2022-04-11) (aged 93) | Sarab,Iran | Iran | - |
| 111 | .jpg) | Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia سید عبدالله فاطمی‌نیا | (1946-08-14)14 August 1946 | 16 May 2022(2022-05-16) (aged 75) | Tabriz,Iran | Iran | - |
| 112 |  | Mohammad Ali Naseri محمدعلی ناصری | (1930-11-25)25 November 1930 | 26 August 2022(2022-08-26) (aged 91) | Dolat Abad,Iran | Isfahan,Iran | [35] |
| 113 |  | Seyed Hassan Saadat Mostafavi سید حسن سعادت مصطفوی | (1936-05-22)22 May 1936 | 28 August 2022(2022-08-28) (aged 86) | Qaen,Iran | Tehran,Iran | [36] |
| 114 |  | Ali Moradkhani Arangeh علی مرادخانی ارنگه | (1926-04-22)22 April 1926 | 19 October 2022(2022-10-19) (aged 96) | Tehran,Iran | Iran | [37] |
| 115 |  | Abbas Ali Akhtari عباسعلی اختری | (1939-12-07)7 December 1939 | 31 October 2022(2022-10-31) (aged 82) | Sorkheh,Iran | Iran | [38] |
| 116 |  | Abbas Ali Soleimani عباسعلی سلیمانی | (1947-05-25)25 May 1947 | 26 April 2023(2023-04-26) (aged 75) | Mazandaran,Iran | Iran | [39] |
| 117 |  | Ali Orumian علی ارومیان | 1932 (1932) | (aged 92) | Maragheh,Iran | Iran | [40] |
| 118 |  | Abdolnabi Namazi عبدالنبی نمازی | 1948 (1948) | 28 January 2024(2024-01-28) (aged 75–76) | Dashti,Bushehr,Iran | Iran | [41] |
| 119 |  | Mohammed Emami-Kashani محمد امامی کاشانی | (1931-10-03)3 October 1931 | 2 March 2024(2024-03-02) (aged 92) | Kashan,Iran | Iran | [42] |
| 120 |  | Ali al-Kourani علي الكوراني | (1944-11-22)22 November 1944 | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 79) | Yater,Lebanon | Qom,Iran | [43] |
| 121 |  | Seyed Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی | (1960-12-14)14 December 1960 | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 63) | Mashhad,Iran | Iran | The thenPresident of Iran died in a helicopter crash |
| 122 |  | Seyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem سید محمدعلی آل‌هاشم | 1962 (1962) | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 61–62) | Tabriz,Iran | Iran | Was alongside Raisi in the helicopter crash |
| 123 |  | Hassan Raza Ghadeeri حسن رضا غدیری | (1952-08-14)14 August 1952 | 21 August 2024(2024-08-21) (aged 72) | Lahore,Pakistan | London,United Kingdom | [44] |
| 124 |  | al-Sayyid Fadhil al-Hussayni al-Milani السيد فاضل الحسيني الميلاني | (1944-05-30)30 May 1944 | 2 September 2024(2024-09-02) (aged 80) | Karbala,Iraq | London,United Kingdom | - |
| 125 | al-Sayyid Mohammad Ali al-Shirazi السيد محمد علی الشيرازي | 1948 (1948) | 19 December 2024(2024-12-19) (aged 75–76) | Najaf,Iraq | Iraq | - | |
| 126 |  | Monireh Gorji منیره گرجی | 1929 (1929) | 12 January 2025(2025-01-12) (aged 95–96) | Tehran,Iran | Tehran,Iran | - |
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