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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)

Government official in Iran

Field	Value
post	Minister of Foreign Affairs
body	the Islamic Republic of Iran
native_name	وزیر امور خارجه ایران
insignia	MFI logo.svg
image	14031011 Abbas Araghchi (cropped).jpg
incumbent	Abbas Araghchi
incumbentsince	21 August 2024
department	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
nominator	The president
appointer	Iranian Parliament
formation	October 1821 (original)
April 1, 1979 (current form)
first	Neshat Esfahani
website	www.mfa.gov.ir

April 1, 1979 (current form)

The minister of foreign affairs of Iran () is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet. The office is currently held by Abbas Araghchi since 2024.

List of ministers

Qajar Iran

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Mirza Abdolvahab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat	1821	1823
2	Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi	1823	1834
3	Mirza Ali Farahani	1834	1835
4	Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari	1835	1838
5	Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi	1838	1846
	Hajj Mirza Aghasi
Acting Minister	1846	1846
6	Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari	1846	1849
	Amir Kabir
Acting Minister	1849	1851
7	Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Shirazi	18 July 1851	10 February 1852
8	Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari	1853	1873
9	Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh	11 December 1873	1880
10	Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari	1880	1884
11	Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al Molk	1884	1886
12	Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh	5 February 1886	1 August 1887
13	Mirza Abbas Khan Qavam od-Dowleh	1887	29 June 1896
14	Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-Dowleh	1886	1899
15	Mirza Nasrullah Khan	1899	1906
16	Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh	1906	15 September 1907
17	Javad Sad od-Dowleh	1907	1907
18	Hussein Kuli Khan Nawab	1910	1911
...	...	...	...

Pahlavi Iran

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Nosrat-ed-Dowleh	1 October 1925	1 October 1938
2	Ali Soheili	1 October 1938	7 March 1939
3	Mozaffar Alam	7 March 1939	20 April 1943
4	Hossein Ala'	25 April 1943	2 March 1945
5	Mahmoud Salehi	2 March 1945	2 May 1945
6	Mohsen Rais	2 May 1945	4 May 1945
7	Bagher Kazemi	4 May 1945	7 April 1946
8	Hossein Navab	7 April 1946	13 January 1950
9	Ali-Akbar Siassi	13 January 1950	24 February 1950
10	Hossein Navab	24 February 1950	28 April 1951
11	Bagher Kazemi	28 April 1951	16 July 1952
12	Hossein Navab	21 July 1952	16 September 1952
13	Hossein Fatemi	16 September 1952	19 August 1953
14	Abdol-Hossein Meftah	23 August 1953	20 September 1953
15	Abdullah Entezam	20 September 1953	25 December 1955
16	Ali-Gholi Ardalan	25 December 1955	10 May 1958
17	Ali-Asghar Hekmat	10 May 1958	11 June 1959
18	Djalal Abdoh	13 June 1959	3 August 1959
19	Abbas Aram	3 August 1959	29 August 1960
20	Yadallah Adhdi	31 August 1960	21 February 1961
21	Hossein Ghods-Nakhai
Acting Minister	11 March 1961	31 March 1962
22	Abbas Aram	1 April 1962	12 January 1967
23	Ardeshir Zahedi	12 January 1967	12 September 1971
24	Abbas Ali Khalatbari	13 September 1971	16 September 1978
25	Amir Khosrow Afshar	16 September 1978	6 January 1979
26	Ahmad Mirfendereski	6 January 1979	11 February 1979

Islamic Republic of Iran

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Political party	Government	Took office	Left office	Duration
order2 = 1	bSize = 60	officeholder = Karim Sanjabi	born_year = 1904	died_year = 1995	term_start = 11 February 1979	date=August 2024}}	1979	02	11	1979	04	01}}	alt_party = National Front (Iran)

Timeline

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BarData = bar:Sanjabi bar:Bazargan bar:Yazdi bar:Banisadr bar:Ghotbzadeh bar:Khodapanahi bar:Rajai bar:Mousavi bar:Velayati bar:Kharazi bar:Mottaki bar:Salehi bar:Zarif bar:Abdollahian bar:Bagheri bar:Araghchi

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bar: Sanjabi from: 11/02/1979 till: 01/04/1979 color:nfi text:"Karim Sanjabi" bar: Bazargan from: 01/04/1979 till: 12/04/1979 color:fmi text:"Mehdi Bazargan (acting)" bar: Yazdi from: 12/04/1979 till: 12/11/1979 color:fmi text:"Ebrahim Yazdi" bar: Banisadr from: 12/11/1979 till: 29/11/1979 color:none text:"Abolhassan Banisadr (acting)" bar: Ghotbzadeh from: 29/11/1979 till: 03/08/1980 color:none text:"Sadegh Ghotbzadeh" bar: Khodapanahi from: 03/08/1980 till: 11/03/1981 color:fmi text:"Karim Khodapanahi (acting)" bar: Rajai from: 11/03/1981 till: 15/08/1981 color:irp text:"Mohammad-Ali Rajai (acting)" bar: Mousavi from: 15/08/1981 till: 15/12/1981 color:irp text:"Mir-Hossein Mousavi" bar: Velayati from: 15/12/1981 till: 20/08/1997 color:irp text:"Ali Akbar Velayati" bar: Kharazi from: 20/08/1997 till: 24/08/2005 color:none text:"Kamal Kharazi" bar: Mottaki from: 24/08/2005 till: 13/12/2010 color:fflil text:"Manouchehr Mottaki" bar: Salehi from: 13/12/2010 till: 15/08/2013 color:none text:"Ali Akbar Salehi" bar: Zarif from: 15/08/2013 till: 25/08/2021 color:none text:"Mohammad Javad Zarif" bar: Abdollahian from: 25/08/2021 till: 19/05/2024 color:none text:"Hossein Amir-Abdollahian" bar: Bagheri from: 20/05/2024 till: 21/08/2024 color:none text:"Ali Bagheri (acting)" bar: Araghchi from: 21/08/2024 till: $today color:none text:"Abbas Araghchi"

References

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