Hassan Rouhani, born Hassan Fereydoun on 12 November 1948 is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He is also a sharia lawyer, academic, former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He has been a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts since 1999. He was a member of the Expediency Council from 1991 to 2021, and also was a member of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2021. Rouhani was deputy speaker of the fourth and fifth terms of the Parliament of Iran and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005. In the latter capacity, he was the country's top negotiator with the EU three, UK, France, and Germany, on nuclear technology in Iran, and has also served as a Shia mujtahid (a senior cleric, and economic trade negotiator.

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Although Rouhani originally had the support of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei during his second term, their relationship went downward as Khamenei criticized Rouhani for presumably being too soft in negotiations with the West over the IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT. After his second term, Rouhani was not appointed to any senior role by Khamenei and did not meet with him again until 2021