Statsoverhoder
| Safavidene | |
| 1501–24 | Ismail 1 |
| 1524–76 | Tahmasp 1 |
| 1576–77 | Ismail 2 |
| 1578–87 | Muhammad Khodabanda |
| 1588–1629 | Abbas 1 den store |
| 1629–42 | Safi |
| 1642–66 | Abbas 2 |
| 1666–94 | Suleyman |
| 1694–1722 | Hoseyn |
| Under afghansk styre 1722–36 | |
| Afshar-dynastiet | |
| 1736–47 | Nadir sjah |
| 1747–48 | Adel sjah |
| 1748 | Ibrahim |
| Zand-dynastiet | |
| 1750–79 | Muhammad Karim khan |
| 1779–81 | Sadeq |
| 1779–85 | Ali Morad |
| 1785–89 | Jafar |
| 1789–94 | Lotf Ali |
| Kadsjar-dynastiet | |
| 1794–97 | Agha Muhammad khan |
| 1797–1834 | Fath Ali sjah |
| 1834–48 | Muhammad |
| 1848–96 | Nasireddin |
| 1896–1907 | Muzaffareddin |
| 1907–09 | Muhammad Ali Sjah |
| 1909–24 | Ahmad |
| Pahlavi-dynastiet | |
| 1925–41 | Reza sjah Pahlavi |
| 1941–79 | Muhammad Reza sjah Pahlavi |
| Islamsk republikk (presidenter) | |
| 1980–81 | Abolhassan Bani-Sadr |
| 1981 | Muhammad Ali Rajai |
| 1981–89 | Ali Khamenei |
| 1989–97 | Ali Akbar Rafsanjani |
| 1997–2005 | Mohammad Khatami |
| 2005– | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Islamsk republikk (øverste leder) (faqih) | |
| 1919–89 | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| 1989– | Ali Khamenei |