Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)

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

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet. The office is currently held by Abbas Araghchi since 2024.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Duration
1		Karim Sanjabi (1904–1995)	11 February 1979	1 April 1979[citation needed]	49 days	NF	Interim Government
–		Mehdi Bazargan (1907–1995) Acting	1 April 1979	12 April 1979	11 days	FMI	Interim Government
2		Ebrahim Yazdi (1931–2017)	12 April 1979	12 November 1979	214 days	FMI	Interim Government
–		Abolhassan Banisadr (1933–2021) Acting	12 November 1979	29 November 1979	17 days	Independent	Interim Government
3		Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982)	29 November 1979	3 August 1980	248 days	Independent	Interim Government
–		Karim Khodapanahi (born 1944[citation needed]) Acting	3 August 1980	11 March 1981	220 days	FMI	Rajai
–		Mohammad-Ali Rajai[citation needed] (1933–1981) Acting	11 March 1981[citation needed]	15 August 1981	157 days	IRP	Rajai
4		Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942)	15 August 1981	15 December 1981	122 days	IRP	Rajai Bahonar Interim Government Mousavi I
5		Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945)	15 December 1981	20 August 1997	15 years, 248 days	IRP	Mousavi I–II Rafsanjani I–II
6		Kamal Kharazi (born 1944)	20 August 1997	24 August 2005	8 years, 4 days	Independent	Khatami I–II
7		Manouchehr Mottaki (born 1953)	24 August 2005	13 December 2010	5 years, 111 days	FFLIL	Ahmadinejad I–II
–		Ali Akbar Salehi (born 1949) Acting	13 December 2010	30 January 2011	48 days	Independent	Ahmadinejad II
8		Ali Akbar Salehi (born 1949)	30 January 2011	15 August 2013	2 years, 197 days	Independent	Ahmadinejad II
9		Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960)	15 August 2013	25 August 2021	8 years, 10 days	Independent	Rouhani I–II
10		Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (1964–2024)	25 August 2021	19 May 2024	2 years, 268 days	Independent	Raisi
–		Ali Bagheri (born 1967) Acting	20 May 2024	21 August 2024	93 days	Independent	Interim Government
11		Abbas Araghchi (born 1960)	21 August 2024	Incumbent	95 days	Independent	Pezeshkian

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