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Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: normal;">وزیر امور خارجه ایران</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MFI_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/MFI_logo.svg/120px-MFI_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/MFI_logo.svg/180px-MFI_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/MFI_logo.svg/240px-MFI_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="444" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em; border-bottom:solid 1px #ccd2d9; line-height:1.4em;"><div style="padding-bottom:0.4em;"><span class="mw-default-size 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Araghchi</a><br /></div>since 21 August 2024</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data">the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iran" title="President of Iran">President</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data">the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Parliament</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">October 1821 (original)<br />April 1, 1979 (current form)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data">Neshat Esfahani</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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title="Vice President of Iran">First Vice President</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran#List" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of Iran">list</a>) <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mokhber" title="Mohammad Mokhber">Mohammad Mokhber</a></dd></dl></li> <li>Supervisor of <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Administration_of_Iran" title="Presidential Administration of Iran">Presidential Administration</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Gholam-Hossein_Esmaeili" title="Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili">Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Iran" title="Cabinet of Iran">Cabinet</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ebrahim_Raisi_(2021%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Ebrahim Raisi (2021–present)">Government of Raisi</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a 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The office is currently held by <a href="/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi" title="Abbas Araghchi">Abbas Araghchi</a> since 2024. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers">List of ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Qajar_Iran">Qajar Iran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Qajar Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50" style="background:#FFDEAD">No. </th> <th width="450" style="background:#FFDEAD">Name </th> <th width="275" style="background:#FFDEAD">Took office </th> <th width="275" style="background:#FFDEAD">Left office </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">1 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Neshat_Esfahani" title="Neshat Esfahani">Mirza Abdolvahab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1821 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1823 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">2 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Abolhassan_Khan_Ilchi" title="Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi">Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1823 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1834 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">3 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirza_Ali_Farahani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirza Ali Farahani (page does not exist)">Mirza Ali Farahani</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1834 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1835 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">4 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirza_Mas%27ud_Khan_Ansari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari (page does not exist)">Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1835 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1838 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">5 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Abolhassan_Khan_Ilchi" title="Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi">Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1838 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1846 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center"> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hajj_Mirza_Aghasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hajj Mirza Aghasi">Hajj Mirza Aghasi</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Acting Minister</i></span> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1846 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1846 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">6 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirza_Mas%27ud_Khan_Ansari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari (page does not exist)">Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1846 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1849 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center"> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Amir_Kabir" title="Amir Kabir">Amir Kabir</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Acting Minister</i></span> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1849 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1851 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">7 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Mohammad_Ali_Khan_Shirazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Shirazi">Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Shirazi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">18 July 1851 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">10 February 1852 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">8 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Saeed_Khan_Ansari" title="Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari">Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1853 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1873 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">9 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hosein_Khan_Moshir_od-Dowleh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh">Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">11 December 1873 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1880 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">10 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Saeed_Khan_Ansari" title="Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari">Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1880 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1884 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">11 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirza_Mahmoud_Khan_Naser_al_Molk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al Molk (page does not exist)">Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al Molk</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1884 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1886 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">12 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Yahya_Khan_Moshir_od-Dowleh" title="Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh">Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">5 February 1886 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1 August 1887 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">13 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirza_Abbas_Khan_Qavam_od-Dowleh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirza Abbas Khan Qavam od-Dowleh (page does not exist)">Mirza Abbas Khan Qavam od-Dowleh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1887 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">29 June 1896 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">14 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mirza_Mohsen_Khan_Moshir_od-Dowleh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (page does not exist)">Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-Dowleh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1886 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1899 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">15 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Nasrullah_Khan" title="Mirza Nasrullah Khan">Mirza Nasrullah Khan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1899 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1906 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">16 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Ala_al-Saltaneh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh">Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1906 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">15 September 1907 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">17 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Javad_Sad_od-Dowleh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Javad Sad od-Dowleh (page does not exist)">Javad Sad od-Dowleh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1907 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1907 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">18 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hussein_Kuli_Khan_Nawab" title="Hussein Kuli Khan Nawab">Hussein Kuli Khan Nawab</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1910 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1911 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">... </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;">... </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">... </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">... </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pahlavi_Iran">Pahlavi Iran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pahlavi Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50" style="background:#FFDEAD">No. </th> <th width="450" style="background:#FFDEAD">Name </th> <th width="275" style="background:#FFDEAD">Took office </th> <th width="275" style="background:#FFDEAD">Left office </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">1 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Firouz_Mirza_Nosrat-ed-Dowleh_Farman_Farmaian_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh Farman Farmaian III">Nosrat-ed-Dowleh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1 October 1925 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1 October 1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">2 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Soheili" title="Ali Soheili">Ali Soheili</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1 October 1938 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">7 March 1939 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">3 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mozaffar_Alam" title="Mozaffar Alam">Mozaffar Alam</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">7 March 1939 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">20 April 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">4 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Ala%27" title="Hossein Ala'">Hossein Ala'</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">25 April 1943 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">2 March 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">5 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mahmoud_Salehi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mahmoud Salehi (page does not exist)">Mahmoud Salehi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">2 March 1945 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">2 May 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">6 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Mohsen_Rais" title="Mohsen Rais">Mohsen Rais</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">2 May 1945 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">4 May 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">7 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Bagher_Kazemi" title="Bagher Kazemi">Bagher Kazemi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">4 May 1945 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">7 April 1946 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">8 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Navab" title="Hossein Navab">Hossein Navab</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">7 April 1946 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">13 January 1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">9 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Ali-Akbar_Siassi" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali-Akbar Siassi">Ali-Akbar Siassi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">13 January 1950 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">24 February 1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">10 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Navab" title="Hossein Navab">Hossein Navab</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">24 February 1950 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">28 April 1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">11 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Bagher_Kazemi" title="Bagher Kazemi">Bagher Kazemi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">28 April 1951 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">16 July 1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">12 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Navab" title="Hossein Navab">Hossein Navab</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">21 July 1952 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">16 September 1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">13 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Fatemi" title="Hossein Fatemi">Hossein Fatemi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">16 September 1952 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">19 August 1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">14 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdol-Hossein_Meftah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdol-Hossein Meftah (page does not exist)">Abdol-Hossein Meftah</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">23 August 1953 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">20 September 1953 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">15 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Entezam" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdullah Entezam">Abdullah Entezam</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">20 September 1953 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">25 December 1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">16 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Ali-Gholi_Ardalan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali-Gholi Ardalan">Ali-Gholi Ardalan</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">25 December 1955 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">10 May 1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">17 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Ali-Asghar_Hekmat" title="Ali-Asghar Hekmat">Ali-Asghar Hekmat</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">10 May 1958 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">11 June 1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">18 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Djalal_Abdoh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Djalal Abdoh (page does not exist)">Djalal Abdoh</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">13 June 1959 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">3 August 1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">19 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Aram" title="Abbas Aram">Abbas Aram</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">3 August 1959 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">29 August 1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">20 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yadallah_Adhdi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yadallah Adhdi (page does not exist)">Yadallah Adhdi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">31 August 1960 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">21 February 1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">21 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Ghods-Nakhai" title="Hossein Ghods-Nakhai">Hossein Ghods-Nakhai</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Acting Minister</i></span> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">11 March 1961 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">31 March 1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">22 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Aram" title="Abbas Aram">Abbas Aram</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">1 April 1962 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">12 January 1967 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">23 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Ardeshir_Zahedi" title="Ardeshir Zahedi">Ardeshir Zahedi</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">12 January 1967 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">12 September 1971 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">24 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Ali_Khalatbari" title="Abbas Ali Khalatbari">Abbas Ali Khalatbari</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">13 September 1971 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">16 September 1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">25 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Amir_Khosrow_Afshar" title="Amir Khosrow Afshar">Amir Khosrow Afshar</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">16 September 1978 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">6 January 1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center">26 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;"><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Mirfendereski" title="Ahmad Mirfendereski">Ahmad Mirfendereski</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">6 January 1979 </td> <td style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="left">11 February 1979 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Islamic_Republic_of_Iran">Islamic Republic of Iran</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Islamic Republic of Iran"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2">Name<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth–Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Government </th></tr> <tr> <th>Took office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Duration </th></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#E27C56; color:black;">1</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KarimSanjabi.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Karim Sanjabi"><img alt="Karim Sanjabi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/KarimSanjabi.jpg/60px-KarimSanjabi.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/KarimSanjabi.jpg/90px-KarimSanjabi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/KarimSanjabi.jpg/120px-KarimSanjabi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="280" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Karim_Sanjabi" title="Karim Sanjabi">Karim Sanjabi</a></b><br /><small>(1904–1995)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">11 February 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">1 April 1979<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7001490000000000000♠"></span>49 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/National_Front_(Iran)" title="National Front (Iran)">NF</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran" title="Interim Government of Iran">Interim Government</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#02BC00; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mehdi Bazargan"><img alt="Mehdi Bazargan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Mehdi_Bazargan_1979_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="388" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Bazargan" title="Mehdi Bazargan">Mehdi Bazargan</a></b><br /><small>(1907–1995)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">1 April 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">12 April 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠"></span>11 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Movement_of_Iran" title="Freedom Movement of Iran">FMI</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran" title="Interim Government of Iran">Interim Government</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#02BC00; color:black;">2</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ebrahim Yazdi"><img alt="Ebrahim Yazdi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg/60px-Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg/90px-Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg/120px-Ebrahim_Yazdi_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2197" data-file-height="2745" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ebrahim_Yazdi" title="Ebrahim Yazdi">Ebrahim Yazdi</a></b><br /><small>(1931–2017)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 April 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">12 November 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002214000000000000♠"></span>214 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Movement_of_Iran" title="Freedom Movement of Iran">FMI</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran" title="Interim Government of Iran">Interim Government</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abolhassan Banisadr"><img alt="Abolhassan Banisadr" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg/60px-Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg/90px-Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg/120px-Abolhassan_Banisadr_-_1979.jpg 2x" data-file-width="230" data-file-height="321" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Abolhassan_Banisadr" title="Abolhassan Banisadr">Abolhassan Banisadr</a></b><br /><small>(1933–2021)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">12 November 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">29 November 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001170000000000000♠"></span>17 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran_(1979-80)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interim Government of Iran (1979-80)">Interim Government</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">3</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh,_press_conference_-_1980_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sadegh Ghotbzadeh"><img alt="Sadegh Ghotbzadeh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh%2C_press_conference_-_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh%2C_press_conference_-_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh%2C_press_conference_-_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh%2C_press_conference_-_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh%2C_press_conference_-_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh%2C_press_conference_-_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="761" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh" title="Sadegh Ghotbzadeh">Sadegh Ghotbzadeh</a></b><br /><small>(1936–1982)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">29 November 1979</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">3 August 1980</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002248000000000000♠"></span>248 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran_(1979-80)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interim Government of Iran (1979-80)">Interim Government</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#02BC00; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_image.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Karim Khodapanahi"><img alt="Karim Khodapanahi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/No_image.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1" data-file-height="1" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Karim_Khodapanahi" title="Karim Khodapanahi">Karim Khodapanahi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1944<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">3 August 1980</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">11 March 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7002220000000000000♠"></span>220 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Movement_of_Iran" title="Freedom Movement of Iran">FMI</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_(1980%E2%80%9381)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980–81)">Rajai</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#000000; color:white;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_(black).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mohammad-Ali Rajai[citation needed]"><img alt="Mohammad-Ali Rajai[citation needed]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_%28black%29.jpg/60px-Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_%28black%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_%28black%29.jpg/90px-Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_%28black%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_%28black%29.jpg/120px-Portrait_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_%28black%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="714" data-file-height="898" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Rajai" title="Mohammad-Ali Rajai">Mohammad-Ali Rajai</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></b><br /><small>(1933–1981)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">11 March 1981<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">15 August 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7002157000000000000♠"></span>157 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republican_Party" title="Islamic Republican Party">IRP</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_(1980%E2%80%9381)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980–81)">Rajai</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#000000; color:white;">4</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mir-Hossein Mousavi"><img alt="Mir-Hossein Mousavi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg/60px-Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg/90px-Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg/120px-Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_in_1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1957" data-file-height="2528" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi" title="Mir-Hossein Mousavi">Mir-Hossein Mousavi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1942)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 August 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 December 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002122000000000000♠"></span>122 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republican_Party" title="Islamic Republican Party">IRP</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mohammad-Ali_Rajai_(1980%E2%80%9381)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980–81)">Rajai</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mohammad-Javad_Bahonar_(1981)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981)">Bahonar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran_(1981)" title="Interim Government of Iran (1981)">Interim Government</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mousavi_I&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mousavi I (page does not exist)">Mousavi I</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#000000; color:white;">5</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_().jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ali Akbar Velayati"><img alt="Ali Akbar Velayati" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_%28%29.jpg/60px-Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_%28%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_%28%29.jpg/90px-Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_%28%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_%28%29.jpg/120px-Aliakbar_Velayati_by_khamenei.ir_03_%28%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="254" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Velayati" title="Ali Akbar Velayati">Ali Akbar Velayati</a></b><br /><small>(born 1945)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 December 1981</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003572700000000000♠"></span>15 years, 248 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republican_Party" title="Islamic Republican Party">IRP</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mousavi_I&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mousavi I (page does not exist)">Mousavi I</a>–<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mir-Hossein_Mousavi_(1985%E2%80%9389)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1985–89)">II</a><br />Rafsanjani I–II</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">6</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kamal Kharazi"><img alt="Kamal Kharazi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg/60px-Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg/90px-Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg/120px-Kamal_Kharazi_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="748" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Kharazi" title="Kamal Kharazi">Kamal Kharazi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1944)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">20 August 1997</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 August 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003292600000000000♠"></span>8 years, 4 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Khatami I–II</td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFA500; color:black;">7</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manouchehr Mottaki"><img alt="Manouchehr Mottaki" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg/60px-Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg/90px-Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg/120px-Manouchehr_Mottaki_in_YJC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="398" data-file-height="495" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Manouchehr_Mottaki" title="Manouchehr Mottaki">Manouchehr Mottaki</a></b><br /><small>(born 1953)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">24 August 2005</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">13 December 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003193700000000000♠"></span>5 years, 111 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Front_of_Followers_of_the_Line_of_the_Imam_and_the_Leader" title="Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader">FFLIL</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_(2005%E2%80%9309)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–09)">Ahmadinejad I</a>–<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_(2009%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2009–13)">II</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ali Akbar Salehi"><img alt="Ali Akbar Salehi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="323" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Ali Akbar Salehi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1949)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">13 December 2010</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">30 January 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001480000000000000♠"></span>48 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_(2009%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2009–13)">Ahmadinejad II</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">8</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ali Akbar Salehi"><img alt="Ali Akbar Salehi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Ali_Akbar_Salehi_in_Fars_news_agency_office_-_3_October_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="323" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Ali Akbar Salehi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1949)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">30 January 2011</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 August 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002928000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 197 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_(2009%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2009–13)">Ahmadinejad II</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">9</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif"><img alt="Mohammad Javad Zarif" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_2014_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="675" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif">Mohammad Javad Zarif</a></b><br /><small>(born 1960)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">15 August 2013</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 August 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7003293200000000000♠"></span>8 years, 10 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Hassan_Rouhani_(2013%E2%80%9317)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Hassan Rouhani (2013–17)">Rouhani I</a>–<a href="/wiki/Government_of_Hassan_Rouhani_(2017%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Hassan Rouhani (2017–present)">II</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">10</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H-Amirabdollahian.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hossein Amir-Abdollahian"><img alt="Hossein Amir-Abdollahian" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/H-Amirabdollahian.jpg/60px-H-Amirabdollahian.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/H-Amirabdollahian.jpg/90px-H-Amirabdollahian.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/H-Amirabdollahian.jpg/120px-H-Amirabdollahian.jpg 2x" data-file-width="368" data-file-height="498" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Amir-Abdollahian" title="Hossein Amir-Abdollahian">Hossein Amir-Abdollahian</a></b><br /><small>(1964–2024)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">25 August 2021</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">19 May 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002998000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 268 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ebrahim_Raisi_(2021%E2%80%932024)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Ebrahim Raisi (2021–2024)">Raisi</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">–</td><td style="; background: #E6E6AA"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ali Bagheri"><img alt="Ali Bagheri" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg/60px-Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg/90px-Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg/120px-Ali_Bagheri_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="491" data-file-height="629" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><b><a href="/wiki/Ali_Bagheri" title="Ali Bagheri">Ali Bagheri</a></b><br /><small>(born 1967)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">20 May 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA">21 August 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><span data-sort-value="7001930000000000000♠"></span>93 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background: #E6E6AA"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Mokhber" title="Mohammad Mokhber">Interim Government</a></td></tr> <tr><td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#DCDCDC; color:black;">11</td><td style="; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="width:px;height:px;overflow:hidden;position:relative"> <div style="position:relative;top:-px;left:-px"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Abbas_Araghchi_2021_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Abbas Araghchi"><img alt="Abbas Araghchi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Abbas_Araghchi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/60px-Abbas_Araghchi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="60" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Abbas_Araghchi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Abbas_Araghchi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Abbas_Araghchi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Abbas_Araghchi_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1410" data-file-height="1621" /></a></span></div></div></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi" title="Abbas Araghchi">Abbas Araghchi</a></b><br /><small>(born 1960)</small></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">21 August 2024</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;">Incumbent</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><span data-sort-value="7002104000000000000♠"></span>104 days</td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td><td style="text-align:center; background:transparent;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Masoud_Pezeshkian" title="Government of Masoud Pezeshkian">Pezeshkian</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albania%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Albania–Iran relations">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Belarus–Iran relations">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina–Iran relations">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croatia%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Croatia–Iran relations">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Czech Republic–Iran relations">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Denmark–Iran relations">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Finland–Iran relations">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="France–Iran relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Germany–Iran relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Greece–Iran relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Holy See–Iran relations">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Hungary–Iran relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Italy_relations" title="Iran–Italy relations">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Kosovo_relations" title="Iran–Kosovo relations">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Netherlands_relations" title="Iran–Netherlands relations">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Poland_relations" title="Iran–Poland relations">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Portugal_relations" title="Iran–Portugal relations">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Romania_relations" title="Iran–Romania relations">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Russia_relations" title="Iran–Russia relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Serbia_relations" title="Iran–Serbia relations">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Spain_relations" title="Iran–Spain relations">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Sweden_relations" title="Iran–Sweden relations">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations" title="Iran–Switzerland relations">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" title="Iran–Ukraine relations">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Iran–United Kingdom relations">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Australia–Iran relations">Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Czechoslovakia%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Czechoslovakia–Iran relations">Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Iranian_relations" title="Roman–Iranian relations">Rome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Iran–Yugoslavia relations">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multilateral relations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_League%E2%80%93Iran_relations" title="Arab League–Iran relations">Arab League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" title="Iran–European Union relations">European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Iran#NATO" title="Foreign relations of Iran">NATO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disputes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Nuclear program</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Views_on_the_nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Views on the nuclear program of Iran">Views</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Israel proxy conflict">Iran–Israel proxy conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_proxy_conflict" title="Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict">Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_alliance_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab–Israeli alliance against Iran">Israeli–Sunni Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iran">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_sanctions_against_Iran" title="United States sanctions against Iran">U.S. sanctions</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Iran" title="List of diplomatic missions of Iran">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Iran" title="List of diplomatic missions in Iran">in Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_(Iran)#Trade_Promotion_Organization" title="Ministry of Commerce (Iran)">Trade Promotion Organization of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Iran" title="Foreign direct investment in Iran">Foreign direct investment in Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_Iran" title="Propaganda in Iran">Propaganda in Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_diaspora" title="Iranian diaspora">Iranian diaspora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ambassadors_from_Iran" title="List of current ambassadors from Iran">Ambassadors from Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_Masoud_Pezeshkian_administration" title="Foreign policy of the Masoud Pezeshkian administration">Foreign policy of the Masoud Pezeshkian administration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em">3400–539 BC</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura-Araxes <span class="nowrap">culture (3400–2000 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Elamite" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Elamite">Proto-Elamite <span class="nowrap">civilization (3100–2700 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elam" title="Elam">Elamite <span class="nowrap">dynasties (2700–540 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akkadian_Empire" title="Akkadian Empire">Akkadian <span class="nowrap">Empire (c.2334 BC–c.2154 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lullubi" title="Lullubi">Lullubi <span class="nowrap">(c.2300–675 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kassites" title="Kassites">Kassites <span class="nowrap">(c.1595–c.1155 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannaeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Mannaeans">Kingdom of <span class="nowrap">Mannai (10th–7th century BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-Assyrian_Empire" title="Neo-Assyrian Empire">Neo-Assyrian <span class="nowrap">Empire (911–609 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urartu" title="Urartu">Urartu <span class="nowrap">(860 BC–590 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Median_kingdom" title="Median kingdom">Median <span class="nowrap">Empire (678–549 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scythians" title="Scythians">Scythian <span class="nowrap">Kingdom (652–625 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neo-Babylonian_Empire" title="Neo-Babylonian Empire">Neo-Babylonian <span class="nowrap">Empire (626–539 BC)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em">550 BC–AD 224</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid <span class="nowrap">Empire (550–330 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atropatene" title="Atropatene">Atropatene <span class="nowrap">(c.323 BC–AD 226)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Kingdom of <span class="nowrap">Armenia (321 BC–AD 428)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cappadocia" title="Kingdom of Cappadocia">Kingdom of <span class="nowrap">Cappadocia (320s BC–AD 17)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seleucid_Empire" title="Seleucid Empire">Seleucid <span class="nowrap">Empire (312–63 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frataraka" title="Frataraka">Frataraka <span class="nowrap">(c.295–220 BC)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Pontus" title="Kingdom of Pontus">Kingdom of <span class="nowrap">Pontus (281 BC–AD 62)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian <span class="nowrap">Empire (247 BC–AD 224)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Persis" title="Kings of Persis">Kings of <span class="nowrap">Persis (after 132 BC–AD 224)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em">AD 224–651</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian <span class="nowrap">Empire (AD 224–651)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medieval and<br />early modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">632–1090</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun <span class="nowrap">Caliphate (632–661)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad <span class="nowrap">Caliphate (661–750)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid <span class="nowrap">Caliphate (750–1258)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samanid_Empire" title="Samanid Empire">Samanid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (819–999)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahirid_dynasty" title="Tahirid dynasty">Tahirid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (821–873)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alid_dynasties_of_northern_Iran" title="Alid dynasties of northern Iran">Alavid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (864–928)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saffarid_dynasty" title="Saffarid dynasty">Saffarid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (861–1003)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziyarid_dynasty" title="Ziyarid dynasty">Ziyarid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (931–1090)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buyid_dynasty" title="Buyid dynasty">Buyid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (934–1062)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">977–1432</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ghaznavids" title="Ghaznavids">Ghaznavid <span class="nowrap">Empire (977–1186)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghurid_dynasty" title="Ghurid dynasty">Ghurid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1011–1215)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seljuk_Empire" title="Seljuk Empire">Seljuk <span class="nowrap">Empire (1037–1194)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anushtegin_dynasty" title="Anushtegin dynasty">Anushtegin <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1077–1231)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldiguzids" title="Eldiguzids">Eldiguzids <span class="nowrap">(1135/36-1225)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kart_dynasty" title="Kart dynasty">Kart <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1244–1381)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate"><span class="nowrap">Ilkhanate (1256–1335)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muzaffarids_(Iran)" title="Muzaffarids (Iran)">Muzaffarid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1314–1393)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalayirid_Sultanate" title="Jalayirid Sultanate">Jalayirid Sultanate <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1335–1432)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chobanids" title="Chobanids">Chobanid <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1338–1357)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">1370–1925</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timurid_Empire" title="Timurid Empire">Timurid <span class="nowrap">Empire (1370–1507)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qara_Qoyunlu" title="Qara Qoyunlu">Qara Qoyunlu <span class="nowrap">Turcomans (1374–1468)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aq_Qoyunlu" title="Aq Qoyunlu">Aq Qoyunlu <span class="nowrap">Turcomans (1378–1508)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid <span class="nowrap">Empire (1501–1736)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid <span class="nowrap">Empire (1736–1796)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zand_dynasty" title="Zand dynasty">Zand <span class="nowrap">Dynasty (1751–1794)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar <span class="nowrap">Empire (1789–1925)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanates_of_the_Caucasus" title="Khanates of the Caucasus">Khanates of the <span class="nowrap">Caucasus (18th–20th centuries)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution" title="Persian Constitutional Revolution">Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1908_bombardment_of_the_Majlis" title="1908 bombardment of the Majlis">1908 bombardment of the Majlis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_separatism_in_Iran" title="Kurdish separatism in Iran">Kurdish separatism in Iran (1918–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Persian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1921 Persian coup d'état">1921 Persian coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_separatism_in_Khuzestan" title="Arab separatism in Khuzestan">Arab separatism in Khuzestan (1922–2020)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;">1925–1979</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Pahlavi <span class="nowrap">dynasty (1925–1979)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatt_al-Arab_dispute" title="Shatt al-Arab dispute">Shatt al-Arab dispute (1936–1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_crisis_of_1946" title="Iran crisis of 1946">Iran crisis of 1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurgency_in_Balochistan" title="Insurgency in Balochistan">Insurgency in Balochistan (1948–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Iranian_Constituent_Assembly_election" title="1949 Iranian Constituent Assembly election">1949 Iranian Constituent Assembly election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1953 Iranian coup d'état">1953 coup d'état</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_revolution" title="Iranian revolution">Iranian <span class="nowrap">revolution (1979)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.0em;font-weight:normal;font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:120%"><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Islamic Republic</a></span><br />1979–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" title="History of the Islamic Republic of Iran"><span class="nowrap">History (1979–)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran" title="Interim Government of Iran">Interim Government (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1979_Iranian_Islamic_Republic_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum">March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Khuzestan_insurgency" title="1979 Khuzestan insurgency">1979 Khuzestan insurgency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1979_Iranian_constitutional_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum">December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege" title="Iranian Embassy siege">Iranian Embassy <span class="nowrap">siege (1980)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nojeh_coup_plot" title="Nojeh coup plot">Nojeh coup plot (1980)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq <span class="nowrap">War (1980–88)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_Iran_(1981)" title="Interim Government of Iran (1981)">Interim Government of Iran (1981)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Mecca_incident" title="1987 Mecca incident">1987 Mecca incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655" title="Iran Air Flight 655">Iran Air Flight 655 <span class="nowrap">shootdown (1988)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KDPI_insurgency_(1989%E2%80%931996)" title="KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)">KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93PJAK_conflict" title="Iran–PJAK conflict">PJAK conflict (2004–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests" title="2009 Iranian presidential election protests">2009 Iranian presidential election protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war (2011–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_military_intervention_against_the_Islamic_State" class="mw-redirect" title="International military intervention against the Islamic State">International military intervention against the Islamic State (2014–)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (2015)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_withdrawal_from_the_Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">United States withdrawal (2018)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%932018_Iranian_protests" title="2017–2018 Iranian protests">2017–2018 Iranian protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Iranian_general_strikes_and_protests" title="2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests">2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Iran" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Iran">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_protests" title="2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests">2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%932020_Iranian_protests" title="2019–2020 Iranian protests">2019–2020 Iranian protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Sistan_and_Baluchestan_protests" title="2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests">2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%932022_Iranian_protests" title="2021–2022 Iranian protests">2021–2022 Iranian protests</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Persians" title="List of ancient Persians">Ancient Persians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Iran" title="Greater Iran">Greater Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persianization" title="Persianization">Persianization</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persianate_society" title="Persianate society">Persianate society</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turco-Persian_tradition" title="Turco-Persian tradition">Turco-Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Persian_culture" title="Indo-Persian culture">Indo-Persian</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranic peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">languages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiroft_culture" title="Jiroft culture">Jiroft culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryan" title="Aryan">Aryans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peoples_of_the_Caucasus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoples of the Caucasus">Peoples of the Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Persians" title="Persians">Persians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Persia" title="List of monarchs of Persia">Monarchs of Persia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Iran" title="List of heads of state of Iran">Heads of state of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_democracy_in_classical_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="History of democracy in classical Iran">History of democracy in classical Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Iran" title="Military history of Iran">Military history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_electricity_in_Iran" title="History of electricity in Iran">Electric history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_years_in_Iran" title="List of years in Iran">Years in Iran</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Iran" title="Geography of Iran">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borders_of_Iran" title="Borders of Iran">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Iran_by_province" title="List of cities in Iran by province">Cities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities_of_Iran" title="List of largest cities of Iran">largest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Iran" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Iran">twin towns and sister cities</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Iran" title="List of earthquakes in Iran">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Iran" title="Environmental issues in Iran">Environmental issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Iran" title="Climate change in Iran">Climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_(Iran)" title="Azerbaijan (Iran)">Iranian Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" title="Sistan and Baluchestan province">Iranian Balochistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Hyrcanian_mixed_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests">Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Kurdistan" title="Iranian Kurdistan">Iranian Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_plateau" title="Iranian plateau">Iranian plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Urmia" title="Lake Urmia">Lake Urmia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Iran" title="List of islands of Iran">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountains_in_Iran" title="List of mountains in Iran">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Iran" title="Wildlife of Iran">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Iran" title="Politics of Iran">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_Iran" title="Censorship in Iran">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Iran" title="Constitution of Iran">Constitution</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_Constitutional_Revolution" title="Persian Constitutional Revolution">Persian Constitutional Revolution</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Iran" title="Corruption in Iran">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Iran" title="Elections in Iran">Elections</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2009 Iranian presidential election">2009 presidential</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Iran" title="Foreign relations of Iran">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran">Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Iran" title="Human rights in Iran">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Childrens%27_Rights_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Childrens' Rights in Iran">Children's rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Iran">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_in_Iran" title="Women's rights in Iran">Women's rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_judicial_system_of_Iran" title="History of the judicial system of Iran">Judicial system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Armed_Forces" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces">Military</a> (<a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Army" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Navy">Navy</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Intelligence_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Intelligence (Iran)">Ministry of Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyberwarfare_and_Iran" title="Cyberwarfare and Iran">Cyberwarfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Nuclear program</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1747" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747">UN Security Council Resolution 1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Iran" title="List of political parties in Iran">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principlists" class="mw-redirect" title="Principlists">Principlists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Propaganda_in_Iran" title="Propaganda in Iran">Propaganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Reformists" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Reformists">Reformists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_and_terrorism_in_Iran" title="Assassination and terrorism in Iran">Terrorism</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iran_and_state-sponsored_terrorism" title="Iran and state-sponsored terrorism">state-sponsorship allegations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Revolution" title="White Revolution">White Revolution (1963)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_rights_movement_in_Iran" title="Women's rights movement in Iran">Women's rights movement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assembly_of_Experts" title="Assembly of Experts">Assembly (or Council) of Experts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expediency_Discernment_Council" title="Expediency Discernment Council">Expediency Discernment Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guardian_Council" title="Guardian Council">Guardian Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Consultative_Assembly" title="Islamic Consultative Assembly">Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Iran" title="Local councils of Iran">Local councils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_National_Security_Council" title="Supreme National Security Council">Supreme National Security Council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_officials" title="List of Iranian officials">Officials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_ambassadors_from_Iran" title="List of current ambassadors from Iran">Ambassadors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Iran" title="President of Iran">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Iran_governors-general" title="List of current Iran governors-general">Provincial governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran" title="Supreme Leader of Iran">Supreme Leader</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Economy" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Iran" title="Economy of Iran">Economy</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bonyad" title="Bonyad">Bonyad (charitable trust)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_capital_flight_from_Iran" title="Human capital flight from Iran">Brain drain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Iran" title="List of companies of Iran">Companies</a> (<a href="/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Iran" title="Automotive industry in Iran">Automotive industry</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Child_labour_in_Iran" title="Child labour in Iran">Child labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Iran" title="Corruption in Iran">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Iran" title="Economic history of Iran">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Economic_Reform_Plan" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Economic Reform Plan">Economic Reform Plan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Iran" title="Energy in Iran">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Iran" title="Environmental issues in Iran">Environmental issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_direct_investment_in_Iran" title="Foreign direct investment in Iran">Foreign direct investment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intellectual_property_in_Iran" title="Intellectual property in Iran">Intellectual property</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_oil_bourse" title="Iranian oil bourse">International oil bourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_rankings_of_Iran" title="International rankings of Iran">International rankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_and_the_World_Trade_Organization" title="Iran and the World Trade Organization">Iran and the World Trade Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Iran" title="Taxation in Iran">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_economic_laws_in_Iran" title="List of economic laws in Iran">Main economic laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Middle_East" title="Economy of the Middle East">Economy of the Middle East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milad_Tower" title="Milad Tower">Milad Tower and complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_equipment_manufactured_in_Iran" title="List of military equipment manufactured in Iran">Military equipment manufactured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Nuclear program</a> (<a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_1747" title="United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747">UN Security Council Resolution 1747</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Privatization_in_Iran" title="Privatization in Iran">Privatization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_rial" title="Iranian rial">Rial (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Space_Agency" title="Iranian Space Agency">Space Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Execution_of_Imam_Khomeini%27s_Order" title="Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order">Setad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Audit_Court_of_Iran" title="Supreme Audit Court of Iran">Supreme Audit Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehran_Stock_Exchange" title="Tehran Stock Exchange">Tehran Stock Exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venture_capital_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Venture capital in Iran">Venture capital</a> (<a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Iran#Technology_start-ups" title="Communications in Iran">Technology start-ups</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economic_sector" title="Economic sector">Sectors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Iran" title="Agriculture in Iran">Agriculture</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fruit_production_in_Iran" title="Fruit production in Iran">fruit</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_and_insurance_in_Iran" title="Banking and insurance in Iran">Banking and insurance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Iran" title="Central Bank of Iran">Central Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shetab_Banking_System" title="Shetab Banking System">Shetab Banking System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Construction_industry_of_Iran" title="Construction industry of Iran">Construction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defense_industry_of_Iran" title="Defense industry of Iran">Defense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Iran" title="Healthcare in Iran">Health care</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pharmaceuticals_in_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceuticals in Iran">Pharmaceuticals</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industry_of_Iran" title="Industry of Iran">Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Iran" title="Mining in Iran">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Iran" title="Petroleum industry in Iran">Petroleum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_Oil_Company" title="Anglo-Persian Oil Company">Anglo-Persian Oil Company</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Iran" title="Communications in Iran">Telecommunications and IT</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telecommunication_Company_of_Iran" title="Telecommunication Company of Iran">TCI</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Iran" title="Transport in Iran">Transport</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_airlines_of_Iran" title="List of airlines of Iran">airlines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehran_Metro" title="Tehran Metro">metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Railways" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Railways">railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRISL_Group" title="IRISL Group">shipping</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Iran" title="Tourism in Iran">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.35em 1.0em;line-height:1.2em;"><a href="/wiki/State-owned_enterprise" title="State-owned enterprise">State-owned<br />companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Industries_Organization" title="Defense Industries Organization">Defense Industries Organization (DIO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IDRO_Group" title="IDRO Group">Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Aviation_Industries_Organization" title="Iran Aviation Industries Organization">Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran_Electronics_Industries" title="Iran Electronics Industries">Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Iranian_Oil_Company" title="National Iranian Oil Company">National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Development_Fund_of_Iran" title="National Development Fund of Iran">National Development Fund</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asaluyeh" title="Asaluyeh">Asaluyeh industrial corridor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chabahar_Free_Trade-Industrial_Zone" title="Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone">Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kish_Island" title="Kish Island">Kish Island Free Trade Zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_research_centers" title="List of Iranian research centers">Research centers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Society" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Iran" title="Category:Society of Iran">Society</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Iran" title="Demographics of Iran">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Iran" title="Languages of Iran">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian (Farsi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurdish_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdish languages">Kurdish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian Neo-Aramaic">Neo-Aramaic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">Iranian languages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Peoples</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Iran" title="Demographics of Iran">Iranian citizens</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iranian_diaspora" title="Iranian diaspora">abroad</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_minorities_in_Iran" title="Ethnic minorities in Iran">Ethnic minorities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Iranian_Armenians" 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