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.
Duties Functions of the minister have largely been moved to the .
List of ministers
Qajar Iran Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Duration 1 Mirza Abdolvahab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat 1821 1823 years 2 Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi 1823 1834 years 3 Mirza Ali Farahani 1834 1835 years 4 Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari 1835 1838 years 5 Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi 1838 1845 years — Haji Mirza Aqasi 1845 1846 years 6 Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari 1846 1849 years — Amir Kabir 1849 1851 years 7 Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khan Shirazi 18 July 1851 9 February 1852 8 Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari 1853 1873 years 9 Mirza Hosein Khan Sepahsalar 11 December 1873 1880 years 10 Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari 1880 1884 years 11 Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser ol-Molk 1884 1886 years 12 Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh 5 February 1886 1 August 1887 13 Mirza Abbas Khan Qavam od-Dowleh 1887 29 June 1896 years 14 Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-Dowleh 1896 1899 years 15 Mirza Nasrullah Khan 1899 1906 years 16 Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh 1906 15 September 1907 years 17 Javad Sad od-Dowleh 1907 1907 years 18 Hussein Kuli Khan Nawab 1910 1911 years ...
Pahlavi Iran Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Duration 1 Nosrat-ed-Dowleh 1 October 1925 1 October 1938 years 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 Abdollah Entezam 20 September 1953 25 December 1955 16 Aligholi Ardalan 25 December 1955 10 May 1958 17 Ali-Asghar Hekmat 10 May 1958 11 June 1959 18 Jalal 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 — Hossein Ghods-Nakhai 11 March 1961 31 March 1962 21 Abbas Aram 1 April 1962 12 January 1967 22 Ardeshir Zahedi 12 January 1967 12 September 1971 23 Abbas Ali Khalatbari 13 September 1971 16 September 1978 24 Amir Khosrow Afshar 16 September 1978 6 January 1979 25 Ahmad Mirfendereski 6 January 1979 11 February 1979
Islamic Republic of Iran Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government Took office Left office Duration
Timeline since 1979
See also Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cabinet of Iran
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