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* Born on Sept. 1, 1955, Mokhber, like Raisi, is seen as close
to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has the last say in all
matters of state. Mokhber became first vice president in 2021
when Raisi was elected president.
* Mokhber was part of a team of Iranian officials who visited
Moscow in October and agreed to supply surface-to-surface
missiles and more drones to Russia's military, sources told
Reuters at the time. The team also included two senior officials
from Iran's Revolutionary Guards and an official from the
Supreme National Security Council.
* Mokhber had previously been head of Setad, an investment fund
linked to the supreme leader.
* In 2010, the European Union included Mokhber on a list of
individuals and entities it was sanctioning for alleged
involvement in "nuclear or ballistic missile activities". Two
years later, it removed him from the list.
* In 2013, the U.S. Treasury Department added Setad and 37
companies it oversaw to a list of sanctioned entities.
* Setad, whose full name is Setad Ejraiye Farmane Hazrate Emam,
or the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, was set
up under an order issued by the founder of the Islamic Republic,
Khamenei's predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. It ordered
aides to sell and manage properties supposedly abandoned in the
chaotic years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and channel the
bulk of the proceeds to charity.
(Editing by Edmund Blair and Kevin Liffey)
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