Chief Justice of Iran

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government office judicial office

The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the country's judiciary, overseeing the court system and appointed by the Supreme Leader.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Head of the Judiciary of Iran	9
Chief Justice of Iran canonical	8
First Vice Chief Justice of Iran	1
Head of the Judicial Power of Iran	1
Head of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran	1
رئیس قوه قضائیه ایران	1
رئیس قوه قضائیه جمهوری اسلامی ایران	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1658276 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chief Justice of Iran
Context triple: [Government of Iran, hasOffice, Chief Justice of Iran]

A. Vice President of Iran
The Vice President of Iran is a senior executive official who assists the President in governing and may oversee specific portfolios or organizations within the Iranian government.
B. President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
The President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt is the head of the country's highest constitutional judicial body, overseeing the interpretation of the constitution and the review of laws for their constitutionality.
C. Chief Justice of Pakistan
The Chief Justice of Pakistan is the head of the country’s Supreme Court and judiciary, overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the highest-ranking judicial authority.
D. Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
The Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Iran’s parliament, overseeing legislative sessions and representing the legislature in its relations with other branches of government.
E. Chief Justice of Japan
The Chief Justice of Japan is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the country, responsible for leading and representing the Japanese judiciary.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chief Justice of Iran
Target entity description: The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the country's judiciary, overseeing the court system and appointed by the Supreme Leader.

A. Vice President of Iran
The Vice President of Iran is a senior executive official who assists the President in governing and may oversee specific portfolios or organizations within the Iranian government.
B. President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
The President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt is the head of the country's highest constitutional judicial body, overseeing the interpretation of the constitution and the review of laws for their constitutionality.
C. Chief Justice of Pakistan
The Chief Justice of Pakistan is the head of the country’s Supreme Court and judiciary, overseeing the administration of justice and serving as the highest-ranking judicial authority.
D. Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
The Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly is the presiding officer and highest-ranking official of Iran’s parliament, overseeing legislative sessions and representing the legislature in its relations with other branches of government.
E. Chief Justice of Japan
The Chief Justice of Japan is the head of the Supreme Court and the highest-ranking judicial officer in the country, responsible for leading and representing the Japanese judiciary.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government office ⓘ judicial office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Head of the Judicial Power of Iran ⓘ linked to: Chief Justice of Iran Head of the Judiciary of Iran ⓘ linked to: Chief Justice of Iran
appliesToJurisdiction	Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ linked to: Iran
appointedBy	Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
appointedForTermLength	5 years ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	Judicial branch of Iran ⓘ
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
definedIn	Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ⓘ
eligibleCandidateMustBe	Islamic jurist ⓘ mujtahid ⓘ linked to: Hojjatoleslam
establishedAfter	Iranian Revolution ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	judges of Iran ⓘ prosecutor general of Iran ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Supreme Court of Iran ⓘ public courts of Iran ⓘ revolutionary courts of Iran ⓘ linked to: Revolutionary Courts of Iran
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.dadiran.ir/ ⓘ
headOf	Judicial system of Iran ⓘ linked to: judicial branch of Iran Judiciary of Iran ⓘ linked to: judicial branch of Iran
incumbent	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i ⓘ
incumbentAssumedOfficeOn	2021-07-01 ⓘ
legalSystemContext	Islamic law in Iran ⓘ civil law system of Iran ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Tehran ⓘ
memberOf	Judiciary of Iran ⓘ linked to: judicial branch of Iran
nominatedBy	Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	1979 ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	رئیس قوه قضائیه جمهوری اسلامی ایران ⓘ linked to: Chief Justice of Iran
officeHolderTitleInLanguage	Persian ⓘ
oversees	implementation of Islamic law in the judiciary of Iran ⓘ judicial policy in Iran ⓘ
partOf	Government of Iran ⓘ separation of powers in Iran ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i ⓘ
precededBy	Ebrahim Raisi ⓘ
reportsTo	Supreme Leader of Iran ⓘ
residence	Tehran ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of justice in Iran ⓘ discipline of judges in Iran ⓘ supervision of the court system in Iran ⓘ
style	Ayatollah ⓘ Hojatoleslam ⓘ
supervises	Administrative Justice Court of Iran ⓘ linked to: Supreme Audit Court of Iran Court of Audit-related judicial functions in Iran ⓘ Judicial Organization of the Armed Forces of Iran ⓘ linked to: Revolutionary Courts of Iran
termRenewable	true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited