The Larijani family (Persian: خاندان لاریجانی, romanized: Khāndān e Larījānī) is an Iranian religious Shia family of Mazanderani origin. It is prominent in Iranian politics and sometimes considered a political dynasty.
Ali Ardashir Larijani (3 June 1958 – 17 March 2026) was an Iranian politician, military officer, and philosopher who served as the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2025 until his assassination in 2026. He had previously served...
Sadiq Ardashir Larijani (born 12 March 1961) is an Iranian cleric and politician who currently serves as the chairman of Expediency Discernment Council since 2018. He previously served as the sixth chief justice of Iran from 2009 to 2019. Born in...
Hashim Ardashir Larijani (26 February 1899 – 25 February 1993), better known as Mirza Hashim Amoli, was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar and cleric. Born in Larijan, Iran, he is considered the patriarch of the Larijani family and is the father of Ali...
Fazel Ardashir Larijani (born 1953) is an Iranian politician and academic. He is best known in Iran for his core involvement in the corruption allegations publicly announced by then-president in the Majlis.
Mohammad-Javad Ardashir Larijani (Persian: محمدجواد اردشیر لاریجانی; born 1951 (1951)) is a conservative Iranian Principlist politician and former diplomat. He was a top adviser to then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in foreign affairs, and secretary...
An election for the third supreme leader of Iran by the Assembly of Experts was held from 3 to 8 March 2026, following the assassination of Ali Khamenei on 28 February during the 2026 Iran war. Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ali Khamenei, was announced as...
This is a list of prominent and notable political families. Monarchical dynasties are not included, unless certain descendants have played political roles in a republican structure (e.g. Arslan family of Lebanon and Cakobau family of Fiji).
The 2025–2026 Iran massacres were a series of mass killings of civilians by the Iranian government during the 2025–2026 Iranian protests, deploying both its own security forces and importing foreign militias to suppress public dissent nationwide. As...
Consanguine marriage is marriage between individuals who are closely related. Though it may involve incest, it implies more than the sexual nature of incest. In a clinical sense, marriage between two family members who are second cousins or closer...