List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Iran)
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran | |
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| Formation | October 1821 |
| First holder | Abdolvahhab Khan |
| Website | www.mfa.gov.ir |
The Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet of Iran. The current office holder is Mohammad Javad Zarif, being approved by the Parliament on 15 August 2013 after nominated by the President.
List of Ministers
Before Persian Constitutional Revolution
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirza Abdulvahab 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 |
| 6 | Hajj Mirza Aghasi (acting) | 1846 | 1846 |
| 7 | Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari | 1846 | 1849 |
| 8 | Amir Kabir (acting) | 1849 | 1851 |
| 9 | Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Shirazi | 18 July 1851 | 10 February 1852 |
| 10 | Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari | 1853 | 1873 |
| 11 | Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 11 December 1873 | 1880 |
| 12 | Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari | 1880 | 1884 |
| 13 | Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al Molk | 1884 | 1886 |
| 14 | Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 5 February 1886 | 1 August 1887 |
| 15 | Mirza Abbas Khan Qavam od-Dowleh | 1887 | 29 June 1896 |
| 16 | Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 1886 | 1899 |
| 17 | Mirza Nasrullah Khan | 1899 | 1906 |
After Persian Constitutional Revolution
| No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammad Ali Khan Ala al-Saltaneh | 1906 | 15 September 1907 |
| 2 | Javad Sad od-Dowleh | 1907 | 1907 |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | Nosrat-ed-Dowleh | 1 October 1925 | 1 October 1938 |
| 4 | Ali Soheili | 1 October 1938 | 7 March 1939 |
| 5 | Mozaffar Alam | 7 March 1939 | 20 April 1943 |
| 6 | Hossein Ala' | 25 April 1943 | 2 March 1945 |
| 7 | Mahmoud Salehi | 2 March 1945 | 2 May 1945 |
| 8 | Mohsen Rais | 2 May 1945 | 4 May 1945 |
| 9 | Bagher Kazemi | 4 May 1945 | 7 April 1946 |
| 10 | Hossein Navab | 7 April 1946 | 5 May 1951 |
| 11 | Hossein Fatemi | 5 May 1951 | 19 August 1953 |
| 12 | Abdol-Hossein Meftah | 19 August 1953 | 7 April 1953 |
| 13 | Fazlollah Zahedi | 7 April 1953 | 29 April 1953 |
| 14 | Abdullah Entezam | 29 April 1953 | 29 April 1958 |
| 15 | Ali-Gholi Ardalan | 29 April 1958 | 30 December 1959 |
| 16 | Abbas Aram | 30 December 1959 | 30 July 1960 |
| 17 | Jafar Sharif-Emami | 30 July 1960 | 1 December 1960 |
| 18 | Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Acting) | 1 December 1960 | 30 December 1960 |
| 19 | Abbas Aram | 30 December 1960 | 3 March 1966 |
| 20 | Ardeshir Zahedi | 3 March 1966 | 14 January 1973 |
| 21 | Abbas Ali Khalatbari | 14 January 1973 | 14 January 1978 |
| 22 | Amir Khosrow Afshar | 14 January 1978 | 1 February 1979 |
| 23 | Ahmad Mirfendereski | 1 February 1979 | 21 February 1979 |
| 24 | Karim Sanjabi | 11 February 1979 | 1 April 1979 |
| 25 | Mehdi Bazargan (Acting) | 1 April 1979 | 12 April 1979 |
| 26 | Ebrahim Yazdi | 12 April 1979 | 12 November 1979 |
| 27 | Abulhassan Banisadr | 12 November 1979 | 29 November 1979 |
| 28 | Sadegh Ghotbzadeh | 29 November 1979 | 3 August 1980 |
| 29 | Mohammad Karim Khodapanahi | 3 August 1980 | 11 March 1981 |
| 30 | Mohammad-Ali Rajai (Acting) | 11 March 1981 | 15 August 1981 |
| 31 | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | 15 August 1981 | 15 December 1981 |
| 32 | Ali Akbar Velayati | 15 December 1981 | 20 August 1997 |
| 33 | Kamal Kharazi | 20 August 1997 | 24 August 2005 |
| 34 | Manouchehr Mottaki | 24 August 2005 | 13 December 2010 |
| 35 | Ali Akbar Salehi | 13 December 2010 | 15 August 2013 |
| 36 | Mohammad Javad Zarif | 15 August 2013 | Incumbent |
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