Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian politician and former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) brigadier general, who has served as Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. As of April 2026, he has been described as handling the strategic matters of Iran, while IRGC Commander-in-Chief Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi leads the country's tactical war effort during the 2026 Iran War, and President Masoud Pezeshkian manages day-to-day state functions. In April 2026, he led the Iranian delegation in ceasefire talks with a U.S. delegation led by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, hosted by Pakistan in Islamabad.

Ghalibaf began his military career in 1980 during the Iran–Iraq War. He became chief commander of the IRGC Imam Reza Brigade in 1982, and was then chief commander of the IRGC 5th Nasr Division from 1983 to 1984. After the war, in 1994 he became Managing Director of Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters, a major engineering firm controlled by the IRGC. From 1997 to 2000, he was the commander of the IRGC Air Force. From 2000 to 2005, he was the chief of the Police Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran, during which time he was accused of ruthless violent suppression of protestors, arrests of intellectuals and journalists, and imposing a strict morality and hijab edict on the citizens of Iran. In 2005, he was elected mayor of Tehran by the Islamic City Council of Tehran, a position that he held until 2017. While mayor, he was connected to corruption scandals including the sale of properties in northern Tehran to regime officials. An Iranian Principlist, he was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council of the System from 2017 to 2020.