Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)

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.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
وزیر امور خارجه ایران
Incumbent Abbas Araghchi since 21 August 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nominator	The president
Appointer	Iranian Parliament
Formation	October 1821 (original) April 1, 1979 (current form)
First holder	Neshat Esfahani
Website	www.mfa.gov.ir

List of ministers

Qajar Iran

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Mirza Abdolvahab 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
18	Hussein Kuli Khan Nawab	1910	1911
...	...	...	...

Pahlavi Iran

No.	Name	Took office	Left office
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	23 August 1953	20 September 1953
15	Abdullah Entezam	20 September 1953	25 December 1955
16	Ali-Gholi Ardalan	25 December 1955	10 May 1958
17	Ali-Asghar Hekmat	10 May 1958	11 June 1959
18	Djalal 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
21	Hossein Ghods-Nakhai Acting Minister	11 March 1961	31 March 1962
22	Abbas Aram	1 April 1962	12 January 1967
23	Ardeshir Zahedi	12 January 1967	12 September 1971
24	Abbas Ali Khalatbari	13 September 1971	16 September 1978
25	Amir Khosrow Afshar	16 September 1978	6 January 1979
26	Ahmad Mirfendereski	6 January 1979	11 February 1979

Islamic Republic of Iran

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Karim Sanjabi (1904–1995)	11 February 1979	1 April 1979[citation needed]	49 days	NF	Interim Government
–		Mehdi Bazargan (1907–1995) Acting	1 April 1979	12 April 1979	11 days	FMI	Interim Government
2		Ebrahim Yazdi (1931–2017)	12 April 1979	12 November 1979	214 days	FMI	Interim Government
–		Abolhassan Banisadr (1933–2021) Acting	12 November 1979	29 November 1979	17 days	Independent	Interim Government
3		Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982)	29 November 1979	3 August 1980	248 days	Independent	Interim Government
–		Karim Khodapanahi (born 1944[citation needed]) Acting	3 August 1980	11 March 1981	220 days	FMI	Rajai
–		Mohammad-Ali Rajai[citation needed] (1933–1981) Acting	11 March 1981[citation needed]	15 August 1981	157 days	IRP	Rajai
4		Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942)	15 August 1981	15 December 1981	122 days	IRP	Rajai Bahonar Interim Government Mousavi I
5		Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945)	15 December 1981	20 August 1997	15 years, 248 days	IRP	Mousavi I–II Rafsanjani I–II
6		Kamal Kharazi (born 1944)	20 August 1997	24 August 2005	8 years, 4 days	Independent	Khatami I–II
7		Manouchehr Mottaki (born 1953)	24 August 2005	13 December 2010	5 years, 111 days	FFLIL	Ahmadinejad I–II
–		Ali Akbar Salehi (born 1949) Acting	13 December 2010	30 January 2011	48 days	Independent	Ahmadinejad II
8		Ali Akbar Salehi (born 1949)	30 January 2011	15 August 2013	2 years, 197 days	Independent	Ahmadinejad II
9		Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960)	15 August 2013	25 August 2021	8 years, 10 days	Independent	Rouhani I–II
10		Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (1964–2024)	25 August 2021	19 May 2024	2 years, 268 days	Independent	Raisi
–		Ali Bagheri (born 1967) Acting	20 May 2024	21 August 2024	93 days	Independent	Interim Government
11		Abbas Araghchi (born 1960)	21 August 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 4 days	Independent	Pezeshkian

Timeline

See also

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Cabinet of Iran