# List of foreign politicians of Iranian origin

This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside Iran who are of Iranian origin.

## Canada

* Ali Ehsassi – Member of the House of Commons of Canada
* Goldie Ghamari – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* Majid Jowhari – Member of the House of Commons
* Amir Khadir – Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
* Reza Moridi – Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* Michael Parsa – Associate Minister of Housing of Ontario

## France

* Pouria Amirshahi - Member of the National Assembly

## Germany

* Bijan Djir-Sarai - Member of the Bundestag
* Nargess Eskandari-Grünberg - Mayor of Frankfurt
* Yasmin Fahimi - Member of the Bundestag
* Parsa Marvi - Member of the Bundestag
* Niema Movassat - Member of the Bundestag
* Michaela Noll - Member of the Bundestag
* Omid Nouripour - Leader of Alliance 90/The Greens
* Sahra Wagenknecht - Leader of the Opposition in the Bundestag (2015-2017) and of Die Linke in the Bundestag (2015-2019)

## Israel

* Eliezer Avtabi - Member of the Knesset
* Michael Ben-Ari - Member of the Knesset
* Moshe Katsav - President of Israel (2000-2007)
* Shaul Mofaz - Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1998-2002), Defence Minister (2002-2006) and Deputy Prime Minister (2006-2009, 2012)

## Netherlands

* Ulysse Ellian – Member of the House of Representatives
* Farah Karimi – Member of the House of Representatives

## New Zealand

* Golriz Ghahraman – Member of the New Zealand Parliament

## Norway

* Masud Gharahkhani – President of the Storting
* Mazyar Keshvari – Member of the Storting

## Sweden

* Alireza Akhondi – Member of the Riksdag
* Minoo Akhtarzand – Governor of Jönköping County (2010-2016) and Governor of Västmanland County (2016-present)
* Hanif Bali – Member of the Riksdag
* Nooshi Dadgostar – Leader of the Left Party
* Ali Esbati – Member of the Riksdag
* Shadieh Heydari – Member of the Riksdag
* Reza Khelili Dylami – Member of the Riksdag
* Parisa Liljestrand – Minister of Culture (2022–present)
* Romina Pourmokhtari – Minister for the Environment (2022–present)
* Daniel Riazat – Member of the Riksdag
* Azadeh Rojhan Gustafsson – Member of the Riksdag
* Ardalan Shekarabi – Minister for Public Administration (2014-2019) and Minister for Social Security (2019-2022)
* Maryam Yazdanfar – Member of the Riksdag

## United Kingdom

* Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar - Member of the House of Lords
* David Alliance, Baron Alliance - Member of the House of Lords
* Seema Kennedy - Conservative MP and Parliamentary Undersecretary

## United States
### US Congress

* Stephanie Bice – Representative from Oklahoma
* Anna Eshoo – Representative from California

### State and territory levels

* Raumesh Akbari – Member of the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives
* Dalya Attar – Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
* Jimmy Delshad – Mayor of Beverly Hills, California (2007-2008, 2010-2011)
* Anna Eskamani – Member of the Florida House of Representatives
* Darya Farivar – Member of the Washington House of Representatives
* Rey Garofano – Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
* Haraz Ghanbari – Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
* Cyrus Habib – Lieutenant Governor of Washington (2017-2021)
* Anna Kaplan – Member of the New York Senate
* Zahra Karinshak – Member of the Georgia Senate
* Ross Mirkarimi – Sheriff of San Francisco (2012, 2012-2016)
* Adrin Nazarian – Member of the California State Assembly
* Bob Yousefian – Mayor of Glendale, California (2004-2005)