List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
File:Mohammad Javad Zarif 1.jpg Incumbent Mohammad Javad Zarif since 15 August 2013
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

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
Qajar dynasty
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
	Hajj Mirza Aghasi (Acting)	1846	1846
6	Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari	1846	1849
	Amir Kabir (Acting)	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 Khan Ala al-Saltaneh	1906	15 September 1907
17	Javad Sad od-Dowleh	1907	1907
...	...	...	...
Pahlavi dynasty
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	5 May 1951
9	Hossein Fatemi	5 May 1951	19 August 1953
10	Abdol-Hossein Meftah	19 August 1953	7 April 1953
11	Fazlollah Zahedi	7 April 1953	29 April 1953
12	Abdullah Entezam	29 April 1953	29 April 1958
13	Ali-Gholi Ardalan	29 April 1958	30 December 1959
14	Abbas Aram	30 December 1959	30 July 1960
15	Jafar Sharif-Emami	30 July 1960	1 December 1960
	Hossein Ghods-Nakhai (Acting)	1 December 1960	30 December 1960
16	Abbas Aram	30 December 1960	3 March 1966
17	Ardeshir Zahedi	3 March 1966	14 January 1973
18	Abbas Ali Khalatbari	14 January 1973	14 January 1978
19	Amir Khosrow Afshar	14 January 1978	1 February 1979
20	Ahmad Mirfendereski	1 February 1979	11 February 1979
Islamic Republic of Iran
1	Karim Sanjabi	11 February 1979	1 April 1979
	Mehdi Bazargan (Acting)	1 April 1979	12 April 1979
2	Ebrahim Yazdi	12 April 1979	12 November 1979
3	Abulhassan Banisadr	12 November 1979	29 November 1979
4	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh	29 November 1979	3 August 1980
5	Mohammad Karim Khodapanahi	3 August 1980	11 March 1981
	Mohammad-Ali Rajai (Acting)	11 March 1981	15 August 1981
6	Mir-Hossein Mousavi	15 August 1981	15 December 1981
7	Ali Akbar Velayati	15 December 1981	20 August 1997
8	Kamal Kharazi	20 August 1997	24 August 2005
9	Manouchehr Mottaki	24 August 2005	13 December 2010
10	Ali Akbar Salehi	13 December 2010	15 August 2013
11	Mohammad Javad Zarif	15 August 2013	Incumbent

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Cabinet of Iran