Mohammad Reza Aref ( Persian : محمدرضا عارف , born 19 December 1951) 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.