Aug 27, 2026
Probability rose from 79.8% to 81.5% — a 1.6-point move over the past day.
Mojtaba Khamenei is strongly favored to be Iran's de facto head of state by the end of 2026, with markets pricing the probability at 82.8%.
Will Mojtaba Khamenei be head of state in Iran end of 2026?
Updated · Volume $39.0M
| Outcome | Probability | 24h |
|---|---|---|
| Will Mojtaba Khamenei be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 82.8% | +1.2 |
| Will there be no Head of State in Iran end of 2026? | 4.9% | -0.1 |
| Will Reza Pahlavi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 3.2% | -0.3 |
| Will Mahmoud Ahmadinejad be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 1.6% | -0.1 |
| Will Alireza Arafi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 1.0% | -0.1 |
| Will Ahmad Vahidi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.8% | -0.1 |
| Will Hassan Rouhani be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.7% | 0.0 |
| Will Masoud Pezeshkian be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.6% | 0.0 |
| Will Hassan Khomeini be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.5% | -0.1 |
| Will Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.5% | -0.2 |
| Will Abbas Araghchi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.4% | 0.0 |
| Will Muhammad Mirbaqiri be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.3% | -0.1 |
| Will Sadegh Larijani be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.3% | 0.0 |
| Will Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Navid Shomali be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Saeed Jalili be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Mohammad Khatami be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Maryam Rajavi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Sadegh Mahsouli be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Nasir Hosseini be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Reza Pirzadeh be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Massoud Rajavi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Hassan Shariatmadari be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Mohsen Araki be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Ali Asghar Hejazi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Mustafa Hijri be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Ali Motahari be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Mostafa Pourmohammadi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will Seyed Hossein Mousavian be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.1% | 0.0 |
| Will r be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will o be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will s be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will q be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ak be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ar be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will az be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bh be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bj be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bb be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bc be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will be be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bk be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bq be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bx be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bz be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will co be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ao be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bf be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will p be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will al be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will aj be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ap be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will an be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will au be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ax be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will aq be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will at be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will av be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bt be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bu be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cc be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will by be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cm be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cl be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cn be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cq be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cs be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cw be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bd be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will as be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bw be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bs be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ct be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will aw be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ba be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cr be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cx be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cv be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cy be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will Other be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will x be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will z be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will w be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bg be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bv be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ac be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bl be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bo be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ai be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bi be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ca be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bn be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cd be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bp be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will bm be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will t be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will u be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ab be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will aa be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ag be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ad be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will af be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ah be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cj be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cp be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cu be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will am be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ae be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ay be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cz be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cf be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cg be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ch be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ci be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ck be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will v be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will cb be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will y be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will ce be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will br be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will Mohammad Pakpour be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
| Will Ali Larijani be head of state in Iran end of 2026? | 0.0% | 0.0 |
Mojtaba Khamenei is strongly favored to be Iran's de facto head of state, while all other specific outcomes are remote; the 'No Head of State' scenario is an outside chance.
Aug 27, 2026
Probability rose from 79.8% to 81.5% — a 1.6-point move over the past day.
Aug 8, 2026
Probability fell from 82.8% to 75.0% — a 7.8-point move over the past day.
Aug 7, 2026
Probability fell from 84.6% to 74.7% — a 9.9-point move over the past day.
Jul 29, 2026
Probability fell from 80.0% to 79.0% — a 1.0-point move over the past day.
Jul 18, 2026
Probability fell from 80.2% to 77.8% — a 2.5-point move over the past day.
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Mojtaba Khamenei's probability stands at 82.8% as of 6 min ago. It has traded as low as 74.8% and as high as 85.3% over the market's lifespan. in the last day, by +1.2 pts. This market resolves based on the situation on Dec 31, 2026. It will settle on the individual who de facto holds the powers of Iran's head of state—meaning primary control over armed forces, state institutions, and executive decision-making—regardless of formal title or international recognition. If competing claims arise, the market looks to demonstrable control over territory and core infrastructure. If no one exercises such control, the market resolves to 'No Head of State'. The primary resolution source is a consensus of credible reporting at that time. The probability will react to events that alter the perceived likelihood of Mojtaba Khamenei achieving de facto authority by the deadline Dec 31, 2026. Any shifts in Iran's political stability, news about the current leadership's health, or changes in factional dynamics could move the price, as could assessments by the credible reporting sources that will determine the final outcome. No formal appointments or foreign recognitions are relevant.
It means the person who exercises primary governing authority over Iran, including control over armed forces, national institutions, and executive decision-making, regardless of formal title or international recognition.
The market resolves to the individual who demonstrably exercises primary control over Iran’s territory, armed forces, and state infrastructure at the deadline.
If no individual exercises effective governing control at the specified time, the market resolves to “No Head of State.” This outcome does not require a vacuum; it could occur if power is fragmented or contested beyond a clear de facto leader.
A consensus of credible reporting will assess who holds effective governing authority at the resolution time. No single official designation or government recognition is required.
The outcome is determined by the situation on Dec 31, 2026.
Data: Polymarket · Methodology · Not financial advice