section_path: The Chief of the Supreme Court
section_name: The Chief of the Supreme Court
paragraph_text: The Chief of the Supreme Court
  
  The chief of the Supreme Court is nominated by the head of the judiciary for a period of five years in consultation with the judges of the Supreme Court. The chief of the Supreme Court must be mujtahid, even-handed and well-versed in judicial matters.
  
  Currently Mohammad Jafar Montazeri presides over the Supreme Court of Iran.