Mohammad Reza Aref, Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran

Mohammad Reza Aref is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who is the eighth and current first vice president of Iran since 2024, under President Masoud Pezeshkian; he previously served as the second vice-president from 2001 to 2005 under Mohammad Khatami. He is also currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2002.

First vice president of Iran is defined by article 124 of the Constitution of Iran as anyone appointed by the President of Iran to lead an organization related to presidential affairs in Iran. As of 2024, there are fourteen vice presidents. The first vice president leads cabinet meetings in the absence of the president.