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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)
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The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824. Current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Manouchehr Mottaki, appointed in August, 2005.
Hamid Reza Assefi is the official spokesman.
Contents |
- Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III
- De facto Minister of Foreign Affairs during early Reza Shah period, Abdolhossein Teymourtash
Acting ministers are marked with (A).
| Minister | Served | Notes |
| Karim Sanjabi | February 14, 1979 – April 15, 1979 | resigned |
| Mehdi Bazargan (A) | April 16, 1979 – April 21, 1979 | the then Prime Minister |
| Ebrahim Yazdi | April 22, 1979 – November 6, 1979 | resigned |
| Abolhassan Banisadr (A) | November 12, 1979 – November 29, 1979 | resigned |
| Sadegh Ghotbzadeh | November 30, 1979 – August, 1980 | resigned |
| Mohammad Karim Khodapanahi (A) | August, 1980 – March 11, 1981 | |
| Mohammad Ali Rajai | March 11, 1981 – August 15, 1981 | the then Prime Minister |
| Mir-Hossein Mousavi | August 15, 1981 – December 15, 1981 | |
| Ali Akbar Velayati | December 15, 1981 – August 20, 1997 | |
| Kamal Kharrazi | August 20, 1997 – August 24, 2005 | |
| Manouchehr Mottaki | August 24, 2005 – present |