Sayyid Mahmoud Kashani (Persian: سید محمود کاشانی) (born 6 June 1942[citation needed]) is an Iranian politician, academic, writer and lawyer.

[citation needed] His father, Abol-Ghasem Kashani was a prominent Twelver Shia Muslim cleric and former chairman of the parliament.

He was appointed as head of the Iranian delegation to the International Court of Justice in Iran's case with the United States in December 1981 by then-Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai but was removed from his position by Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

He was independent candidate in 1985 presidential election which receives 1,402,416 (10.1%) of the votes behind winner Ali Khamenei.

He was also nominated in 2001 presidential election[2] which he lost to Mohammad Khatami and was ranked as the 5th out of 10 candidates.