List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran
List of Ministers

List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran

Section Title: List of Ministers
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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 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

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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	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	19 August 1953	7 April 1953

15	Fazlollah Zahedi	7 April 1953	29 April 1953

16	Abdullah Entezam	29 April 1953	29 April 1958

17	Ali-Gholi Ardalan	29 April 1958	30 December 1959

18	Abbas Aram	30 December 1959	30 July 1960

19	Jafar Sharif-Emami	30 July 1960	1 December 1960

20	Hossein Ghods-Nakhai Acting Minister	1 December 1960	30 December 1960

21	Abbas Aram	30 December 1960	3 March 1966

22	Ardeshir Zahedi	3 March 1966	14 January 1971

23	Abbas Ali Khalatbari	14 January 1971	14 January 1978

24	Amir Khosrow Afshar	14 January 1978	1 February 1979

25	Ahmad Mirfendereski	1 February 1979	11 February 1979

Islamic Republic of Iran

1	Karim Sanjabi	11 February 1979	1 April 1979

Mehdi Bazargan Acting Minister	1 April 1979	12 April 1979

2	Ebrahim Yazdi	12 April 1979	12 November 1979

Abulhassan Banisadr Acting Minister	12 November 1979	29 November 1979

3	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh	29 November 1979	3 August 1980

Mohammad Karim Khodapanahi Acting Minister	3 August 1980	11 March 1981

Mohammad-Ali Rajai Acting Minister	11 March 1981	15 August 1981

4	Mir-Hossein Mousavi	15 August 1981	15 December 1981

5	Ali Akbar Velayati	15 December 1981	20 August 1997

6	Kamal Kharazi	20 August 1997	24 August 2005

7	Manouchehr Mottaki	24 August 2005	13 December 2010

Ali Akbar Salehi Acting Minister	13 December 2010	30 January 2011

8	Ali Akbar Salehi	30 January 2011	15 August 2013

9	Mohammad Javad Zarif	15 August 2013	Incumbent

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Hossein Fatemi served as the Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran.
Hossein Fatemi served as foreign affairs minister of Iran until 1953.
Hossein Fatemi served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran until 1953.

final_sentence: Hossein Fatemi served as the Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran.
final_sentence: Hossein Fatemi served as foreign affairs minister of Iran until 1953.
final_sentence: Hossein Fatemi served as Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran until 1953.