List of prime ministers of Iran

* Top left: Ali Asghar Khan Atabak, the first prime minister of Iran.
* Top right: Mohammad Ali Foroughi, the prime minister who was in this position during the transfer of the monarchy to two kings.
* Bottom left: Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, the longest-serving prime minister of Iran.
* Bottom right: Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the last prime minister of Iran.

The office of Prime Minister of Iran was established in 1907 during the Persian Constitutional Revolution and existed until 1989 when the office was abolished after a constitutional referendum. The prime minister was the head of government of Iran.

Ali Asghar Khan Atabak was the first and Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the last prime minister of Iran. Before the Constitutional Revolution, the head of government was called the Grand Vizier (Sadr-e A'zam or Vazir-e A'zam).

## List of officeholders

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Political party key

Moderate Socialists

Democrats

Reformers' Party

Revival Party

Democrat Party

National Front

Nationalists' Party

People's Party

New Iran Party

Rastakhiz Party

Freedom Movement

Islamic Republican Party

Combatant Clergy Association

Independent

Military

No. | Portrait  | Name
(Birth–Death) | Term of office  | Political party  | Head of state
(Reign / Term)

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
• Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) •
—  |  | Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham
سلطان‌علی وزیر افخم
(1862–1914)
Acting Prime Minister | 21 March 1907  | 29 April 1907  | 39 days  | Independent | Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar

(1907–1909)
1  |  | Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak
علی اصغر خان اتابک
(1858–1907) | 4 May 1907  | 31 August 1907
(assassinated) | 119 days  | Independent
2  |  | Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh
احمد مشیرالسلطنه
(1844–1918) | 16 September 1907  | 27 October 1907  | 41 days  | Independent
3  |  | Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk
ابوالقاسم ناصرالملک
(1856–1927) | 27 October 1907  | 21 December 1907  | 55 days  | Independent
4  |  | Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi
حسینقلی نظام السلطنه مافی
(1832–1908) | 21 December 1907  | 21 May 1908  | 152 days  | Independent
(2) |  | Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh
احمد مشیرالسلطنه
(1844–1918) | 7 June 1908  | 29 April 1909  | 326 days  | Independent
—  |  | Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh
جواد سعدالدوله
(1856–1930)
Acting Prime Minister | 8 May 1909  | 13 July 1909
(deposed) | 66 days  | Independent
Interim Cabinet without Prime Minister
کابینه موقت بدون نخست وزیر
(Appointed by Supreme Council of Politicians and Clergymen) | 17 July 1909  | 30 September 1909  | 75 days  | –  | Ahmad Shah Qajar

(1909–1925)
5  |  | Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni
محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی
(1848–1926) | 30 September 1909  | 25 July 1910  | 298 days  | Moderate Socialists
6  |  | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932) | 25 July 1910  | 12 March 1911  | 230 days  | Democrats
(5) |  | Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni
محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی
(1848–1926) | 12 March 1911  | 26 July 1911  | 136 days  | Moderate Socialists
7  |  | Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری
(1846–1930) | 26 July 1911  | 1913  | c. 2 years | Moderate Socialists
8  |  | Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh
محمدعلی علاءالسلطنه
(1829–1918) | 18 January 1913  | 16 August 1913  | 210 days  | Independent
(6) |  | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932) | 17 August 1913  | 14 March 1915  | 1 year, 209 days  | Democrats
9  |  | Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935) | 14 March 1915  | 1 May 1915  | 48 days  | Moderate Socialists
10  |  | Abdol Majid Mirza
عبدالمجید میرزا
(1845–1927) | 1 May 1915  | 18 August 1915  | 109 days  | Independent
(6) |  | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932) | 18 August 1915  | 24 December 1915  | 128 days  | Democrats
11  |  | Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farman Farma
عبدالحسين ميرزا فرمانفرما
(1857–1939) | 24 December 1915  | 29 February 1916  | 67 days  | Moderate Socialists
(5) |  | Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni
محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی
(1848–1926) | 5 March 1916  | 29 August 1916  | 177 days  | Moderate Socialists
12  |  | Vosugh od-Dowleh
حسن وثوق‌الدوله
(1873–1950) | 29 August 1916  | 5 June 1917  | 280 days  | Democrats
(8) |  | Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh
محمدعلی علاءالسلطنه
(1829–1918) | 5 June 1917  | 21 November 1917  | 169 days  | Independent
(10) |  | Abdol Majid Mirza
عبدالمجید میرزا
(1845–1927) | 21 November 1917  | 16 January 1918  | 56 days  | Independent
(6) |  | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932) | 16 January 1918  | 1 May 1918  | 105 days  | Democrats
(7) |  | Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری
(1846–1930) | 1 May 1918  | 8 August 1918  | 99 days  | Moderate Socialists
(12) |  | Vosugh od-Dowleh
حسن وثوق‌الدوله
(1873–1950) | 8 August 1918  | 3 July 1920  | 1 year, 330 days  | Democrats
(until 1919)
| Independent
(9) |  | Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935) | 3 July 1920  | 27 October 1920  | 116 days  | Independent
13  |  | Fathollah Khan Akbar
فتح الله خان اکبر
(1878–1967) | 27 October 1920  | 22 February 1921
(deposed) | 118 days  | Independent
14  |  | Zia ol Din Tabatabaee
ضیاء الدین طباطبایی
(1889–1969) | 24 February 1921  | 4 June 1921  | 100 days  | Independent
15  |  | Qavām os-Saltaneh
قوام السلطنه
(1873–1955) | 4 June 1921  | 21 January 1922  | 231 days  | Reformers' Party
(9) |  | Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935) | 21 January 1922  | 22 June 1922  | 152 days  | Independent
(15) |  | Qavām os-Saltaneh
قوام السلطنه
(1873–1955) | 22 June 1922  | 15 February 1923  | 238 days  | Reformers' Party
(6) |  | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932) | 15 February 1923  | 15 June 1923  | 120 days  | Revival Party
(9) |  | Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935) | 15 June 1923  | 26 October 1923  | 133 days  | Independent
16  |  | Reza Khan Sardar Sepah
رضاخان سردار سپه
(1878–1944) | 26 October 1923  | 12 December 1925
(became Shah) | 2 years, 47 days  | Military
• Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
—  |  | Mohammad Ali Foroughi
محمدعلی فروغی
(1875–1942)
Acting Prime Minister | 12 December 1925  | 13 June 1926  | 183 days  | Revival Party | Reza Shah Pahlavi

(1925–1941)
(6) |  | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932) | 13 June 1926  | 2 June 1927  | 354 days  | Revival Party
17  |  | Mehdi Hedayat
مهدی قلی هدایت
(1864–1955) | 2 June 1927  | 18 September 1933  | 6 years, 108 days  | Revival Party
(until 1930)
| Independent
18  |  | Mohammad Ali Foroughi
محمدعلی فروغی
(1875–1942) | 18 September 1933  | 3 December 1935  | 2 years, 76 days  | Independent
19  |  | Mahmoud Djam
محمود جم
(1880–1969) | 3 December 1935  | 26 October 1939  | 3 years, 327 days  | Independent
20  |  | Ahmad Matin-Daftari
احمد متین دفتری
(1897–1971) | 26 October 1939  | 26 June 1940  | 244 days  | Independent
21  |  | Ali Mansur
علی خان منصور
(1886–1974) | 26 June 1940  | 27 August 1941
(resigned) | 1 year, 62 days  | Independent
(18) |  | Mohammad Ali Foroughi
محمدعلی فروغی
(1875–1942) | 27 August 1941  | 9 March 1942  | 194 days  | Independent | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

(1941–1979)
22  |  | Ali Soheili
علی سهیلی
(1896–1958) | 9 March 1942  | 9 August 1942  | 153 days  | Independent
(15) |  | Ahmad Qavam
احمد قوام
(1873–1955) | 9 August 1942  | 15 February 1943  | 190 days  | Independent
(22) |  | Ali Soheili
علی سهیلی
(1896–1958) | 15 February 1943  | 6 April 1944  | 1 year, 51 days  | Independent
23  |  | Mohammad Sa'ed
محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای
(1881–1973) | 6 April 1944  | 25 November 1944  | 233 days  | Independent
24  |  | Morteza-Qoli Bayat
مرتضی‌قلی بیات
(1890–1958) | 25 November 1944  | 13 May 1945  | 169 days  | Independent
25  |  | Ebrahim Hakimi
ابراهیم حکیمی
(1871–1959) | 13 May 1945  | 6 June 1945  | 24 days  | Independent
26  |  | Mohsen Sadr
محسن صدر
(1871–1962) | 6 June 1945  | 30 October 1945  | 146 days  | Independent
(25) |  | Ebrahim Hakimi
ابراهیم حکیمی
(1871–1959) | 30 October 1945  | 28 January 1946  | 90 days  | Independent
(15) |  | Ahmad Qavam
احمد قوام
(1873–1955) | 28 January 1946  | 18 December 1947  | 1 year, 324 days  | Independent
| Democrat Party of Iran
(from 29 June 1946)
(25) |  | Ebrahim Hakimi
ابراهیم حکیمی
(1871–1959) | 29 December 1947  | 13 June 1948  | 167 days  | Independent
27  |  | Abdolhossein Hazhir
عبدالحسین هژیر‎
(1902–1949) | 13 June 1948  | 9 November 1948  | 149 days  | Independent
(23) |  | Mohammad Sa'ed
محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای
(1881–1973) | 9 November 1948  | 23 March 1950  | 1 year, 134 days  | Independent
(21) |  | Ali Mansur
علی خان منصور
(1886–1974) | 23 March 1950  | 26 June 1950  | 95 days  | Independent
28  |  | Ali Razmara
حاجیعلی رزم‌آرا
(1901–1951) | 26 June 1950  | 7 March 1951
(assassinated) | 254 days  | Military
—  |  | Khalil Fahimi [fa]
خلیل فهیمی
(1876–1953)
Acting Prime Minister | 7 March 1951  | 12 March 1951  | 5 days  | Independent
29  |  | Hossein Ala'
حسین علاء
(1882–1964) | 12 March 1951  | 27 April 1951  | 46 days  | Independent
30  |  | Mohammad Mosaddegh
محمد مصدق
(1882–1967) | 28 April 1951  | 17 July 1952  | 1 year, 80 days  | National Front
(15) |  | Ahmad Qavam
احمد قوام
(1873–1955) | 17 July 1952  | 22 July 1952  | 5 days  | Independent
(30) |  | Mohammad Mosaddegh
محمد مصدق
(1882–1967) | 22 July 1952  | 19 August 1953
(deposed) | 1 year, 28 days  | National Front
31  |  | Fazlollah Zahedi
فضل‌الله زاهدی
(1897–1963) | 19 August 1953  | 7 April 1955  | 1 year, 231 days  | Military
(29) |  | Hossein Ala'
حسین علاء
(1882–1964) | 7 April 1955  | 3 April 1957  | 1 year, 361 days  | Independent
32  |  | Manouchehr Eghbal
منوچهر اقبال
(1909–1977) | 3 April 1957  | 31 August 1960  | 3 years, 150 days  | Nationalists' Party
33  |  | Jafar Sharif-Emami
جعفر شریف‌امامی
(1910–1998) | 31 August 1960  | 5 May 1961  | 247 days  | Nationalists' Party
34  |  | Ali Amini
علی امینی
(1905–1992) | 5 May 1961  | 19 July 1962  | 1 year, 75 days  | Independent
35  |  | Asadollah Alam
اسدالله علم
(1919–1978) | 19 July 1962  | 7 March 1964  | 1 year, 232 days  | People's Party
36  |  | Hassan Ali Mansur
حسنعلی منصور
(1923–1965) | 7 March 1964  | 26 January 1965
(assassinated) | 325 days  | New Iran Party
37  |  | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
امیرعباس هویدا
(1919–1979) | 26 January 1965  | 7 August 1977[1] | 12 years, 193 days  | New Iran Party
(until 1975)[2]
| Rastakhiz Party
38  |  | Jamshid Amouzegar
جمشید آموزگار
(1923–2016) | 7 August 1977[3] | 27 August 1978  | 1 year, 20 days  | Rastakhiz Party
(33) |  | Jafar Sharif-Emami
جعفر شریف‌امامی
(1910–1998) | 27 August 1978  | 6 November 1978  | 71 days  | Rastakhiz Party
(until 1 November)
| Independent
39  |  | Gholam Reza Azhari
غلامرضا ازهاری
(1912–2001) | 6 November 1978[4] | 4 January 1979  | 59 days  | Military
40  |  | Shapour Bakhtiar
شاپور بختیار
(1914–1991) | 4 January 1979[5] | 11 February 1979
(deposed)[6] | 38 days  | National Front
(expelled)
• Interim Government of Iran (1979) •
41  |  | Mehdi Bazargan
مهدی بازرگان
(1907–1995) | 4 February 1979  | 6 November 1979
(cabinet resigned)[7][8] | 275 days  | Freedom Movement | Ruhollah Khomeini
(de facto)

(1979–1989)
• Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) •
Council of the Islamic Revolution
شورای انقلاب اسلامی
(Leader: Abolhassan Banisadr) | 6 November 1979  | 12 August 1980  | 280 days  | –  | Ruhollah Khomeini

(1979–1989)
42 |  | Mohammad-Ali Rajai
محمدعلی رجائی
(1933–1981) | 12 August 1980  | 4 August 1981  | 357 days  | Islamic Association of Teachers of Iran
43 |  | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
محمدجواد باهنر
(1933–1981) | 4 August 1981  | 30 August 1981
(assassinated) | 26 days  | Islamic Republican Party
44 |  | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
محمدرضا مهدوی کنی
(1931–2014) | 2 September 1981  | 31 October 1981  | 59 days  | Combatant Clergy Association
45 |  | Mir-Hossein Mousavi
میرحسین موسوی خامنه
(born 1942) | 31 October 1981  | 14 August 1989  | 7 years, 287 days  | Islamic Republican Party
(until 1987)
| Independent
Post abolished (14 August 1989 – present)

## Timeline

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## See also

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* List of monarchs of Persia
* President of Iran
* List of presidents of Iran
* List of vice presidents of Iran
* List of speakers of the Parliament of Iran

## References

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1. ^ "IRANIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION". The New York Times. 7 August 1977. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
2. ^ "Shah Decrees Iran a One‐Party Nation". The New York Times. 3 March 1975. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
3. ^ "Jamshid Amouzegar Is Named to Head Iran's Government". The New York Times. 8 August 1977. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
4. ^ Nicholas Gage (7 November 1978). "SHAH PUTS MILITARY IN CONTROL IN IRAN; U.S. ENDORSES MOVE". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
5. ^ Nicholas Gage (7 January 1979). "BAKHTIAR INSTALLED AND SHAH DECLARES HE'LL 'TAKE A REST'". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
6. ^ Nicholas Gage (12 February 1979). "ARMY WITHDRAWS ITS SUPPORT FOR BAKHTIAR; IRANIAN PRIME MINISTER REPORTED TO RESIGN". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
7. ^ Kathleen Teltsch (7 November 1979). "Bazargan Resignation Follows Long Internal Fight". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
8. ^ Godsel, Geoffrey (9 November 1979). "Bazargan resignation increases Iran risks to American hostages". The Deseret News. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

## Sources

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* Mir, Cyrus (1999). "FARMĀNFARMĀ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN MĪRZĀ". Encyclopaedia Iranica. However, the birth year indicated there (1858) does not agree with his WorldCat entry and with his VIAF entry, both of which give 1857.

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Prime ministers of Iran (list)

Qajar Iran
(1907–1925)|

* Afkham*
* Atabak
* Moshir al-Saltaneh
* Naser ol-Molk
* Nezam as-Saltaneh
* Moshir al-Saltaneh
* Sa'd al-Dowleh*
* Tonekaboni
* Mostowfi
* Tonekaboni
* Samsam al-Saltaneh
* Ala ol-Saltaneh
* Mostowfi
* Pirnia
* Eyn-ed-Dowleh
* Mostowfi
* Farman Farma
* Tonekaboni
* Vosugh
* Ala ol-Saltaneh
* Eyn-ed-Dowleh
* Mostowfi
* Samsam al-Saltaneh
* Vosugh
* Pirnia
* Fathollah Khan Akbar
* Tabatabaee
* Qavam
* Pirnia
* Qavam
* Mostowfi
* Pirnia
* Reza Khan

Pahlavi Iran
(1925–1979)|

* Foroughi*
* Mostowfi
* Hedayat
* Foroughi
* Djam
* Matin-Daftari
* A. Mansur
* Foroughi
* Soheili
* Qavam
* Soheili
* Sa'ed
* Bayat
* Hakimi
* Sadr
* Hakimi
* Qavam
* Hekmat
* Hakimi
* Hazhir
* Sa'ed
* A. Mansur
* Razmara
* Fahimi*
* Ala'
* Mosaddegh
* Qavam
* Mosaddegh
* Zahedi
* Ala'
* Eghbal
* Sharif-Emami
* Amini
* Alam
* H. Mansur
* Hoveyda
* Amouzegar
* Sharif-Emami
* Azhari
* Bakhtiar

Interim Government of Iran
(1979)|

* Bazargan

Islamic Republic of Iran
(since 1979)|

* Rajai
* Bahonar
* Mahdavi Kani
* Mousavi
* Post abolished in 1989

* Acting

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Iran topics

History

Prehistory

Ancient|

| 3400–539 BC|

* Kura-Araxes culture (3400–2000 BC)
* Proto-Elamite civilization (3100–2700 BC)
* Elamite dynasties (2700–540 BC)
* Akkadian Empire (c.2334 BC–c.2154 BC)
* Lullubi (c.2300–675 BC)
* Kassites (c.1595–c.1155 BC)
* Kingdom of Mannai (10th–7th century BC)
* Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–609 BC)
* Urartu (860 BC–590 BC)
* Median Empire (678–549 BC)
* Scythian Kingdom (652–625 BC)
* Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 BC)

|

550 BC–AD 224|

* Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC)
* Atropatene (c.323 BC–AD 226)
* Kingdom of Armenia (321 BC–AD 428)
* Kingdom of Cappadocia (320s BC–AD 17)
* Seleucid Empire (312–63 BC)
* Frataraka (c.295–220 BC)
* Kingdom of Pontus (281 BC–AD 62)
* Parthian Empire (247 BC–AD 224)
* Kings of Persis (after 132 BC–AD 224)

AD 224–651|

* Sasanian Empire (AD 224–651)

Medieval and
early modern|

| 632–1090|

* Rashidun Caliphate (632–661)
* Umayyad Caliphate (661–750)
* Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)
* Samanid dynasty (819–999)
* Tahirid dynasty (821–873)
* Alavid dynasty (864–928)
* Saffarid dynasty (861–1003)
* Ziyarid dynasty (931–1090)
* Buyid dynasty (934–1062)

|

977–1432|

* Ghaznavid Empire (977–1186)
* Ghurid dynasty (1011–1215)
* Seljuk Empire (1037–1194)
* Anushtegin dynasty (1077–1231)
* Eldiguzids (1135/36-1225)
* Kart dynasty (1244–1381)
* Ilkhanate (1256–1335)
* Muzaffarid dynasty (1314–1393)
* Jalayirid Sultanate dynasty (1335–1432)
* Chobanid dynasty (1338–1357)

1370–1925|

* Timurid Empire (1370–1507)
* Qara Qoyunlu Turcomans (1374–1468)
* Aq Qoyunlu Turcomans (1378–1508)
* Safavid Empire (1501–1736)
* Afsharid Empire (1736–1796)
* Zand Dynasty (1751–1794)
* Qajar Empire (1789–1925)
* Khanates of Azerbaijan (18th–20th centuries)
* Khanates of the Caucasus (18th–19th centuries)
* Persian Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911)
* 1908 bombardment of the Majlis
* Kurdish separatism in Iran (1918–)
* 1921 Persian coup d'état
* Arab separatism in Khuzestan (1922–2020)

Modern|

| 1925–1979|

* Pahlavi dynasty (1925–1979)
* Shatt al-Arab dispute (1936–1975)
* Iran crisis of 1946
* Insurgency in Balochistan (1948–)
* 1949 Iranian Constituent Assembly election
* 1953 coup d'état
* Iranian Revolution (1979)

|

Islamic Republic
1979–present|

* History (1979–)
* Interim Government (1979)
* March 1979 Iranian Islamic Republic referendum
* 1979 Khuzestan insurgency
* Iran hostage crisis (1979–1981)
* December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum
* Iranian Embassy siege (1980)
* Nojeh coup plot (1980)
* Iran–Iraq War (1980–88)
* Interim Government of Iran (1981)
* 1987 Mecca incident
* Iran Air Flight 655 shootdown (1988)
* KDPI insurgency (1989–1996)
* PJAK conflict (2004–)
* 2009 Iranian presidential election protests
* Syrian civil war (2011–)
* International military intervention against the Islamic State (2014–)
* Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (2015)
* United States withdrawal (2018)
* 2017–2018 Iranian protests
* 2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests
* COVID-19 pandemic
* 2019 Sistan and Baluchestan protests
* 2019–2020 Iranian protests
* 2021 Sistan and Baluchestan protests
* 2021–2022 Iranian protests
* 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
* Iran–Israel war

See also|

* Ancient Persians
* Greater Iran
* Persianization
* Persianate society
* Turco-Persian
* Indo-Persian
* Iranic peoples
* languages
* Jiroft culture
* Aryans
* Azerbaijanis
* Peoples of the Caucasus
* Persians
* Monarchs of Persia
* Heads of state of Iran
* History of democracy in classical Iran
* Military history
* Electric history
* Years in Iran

Geography

* Borders
* Cities
* largest
* twin towns and sister cities
* Earthquakes
* Environmental issues
* Climate change
* Iranian Azerbaijan
* Iranian Balochistan
* Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests
* Caucasus
* Iranian Kurdistan
* Iranian plateau
* Lake Urmia
* Islands
* Mountains
* Provinces
* Wildlife

Politics

| General|

* Censorship
* Constitution (Persian Constitutional Revolution)
* Corruption
* Elections (2009 presidential)
* Foreign relations
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* Nuclear program (UN Security Council Resolution 1747)
* Political parties
* Principlists
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* Reformists
* Terrorism (state-sponsorship allegations)
* White Revolution (1963)
* Women's rights movement

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Councils|

* Assembly (or Council) of Experts
* Expediency Discernment Council
* Guardian Council
* Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament)
* Local councils
* Supreme National Security Council

Officials|

* Ambassadors
* President
* Provincial governors
* Supreme Leader

Economy

| General|

* Bonyad (charitable trust)
* Brain drain
* Companies (Automotive industry)
* Child labour
* Corruption
* Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
* Economic history
* Economic Reform Plan
* Energy
* Environmental issues
* Foreign direct investment
* Intellectual property
* International oil bourse
* International rankings
* Iran and the World Trade Organization
* Taxation
* Main economic laws
* Economy of the Middle East
* Milad Tower and complex
* Military equipment manufactured
* Nuclear program (UN Security Council Resolution 1747)
* Privatization
* Rial (currency)
* Space Agency
* Setad
* Supreme Audit Court
* Tehran Stock Exchange
* Venture capital (Technology start-ups)

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Sectors|

* Agriculture (fruit)
* Banking and insurance
* Central Bank
* Shetab Banking System
* Construction
* Defense
* Health care (Pharmaceuticals)
* Industry
* Mining
* Petroleum (Anglo-Persian Oil Company)
* Telecommunications and IT (TCI)
* Transport (airlines
* metro
* railways
* shipping)
* Tourism

State-owned
companies|

* Defense Industries Organization (DIO)
* Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO)
* Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO)
* Iran Electronics Industries (IEI)
* National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)
* National Development Fund

Places|

* Asaluyeh industrial corridor
* Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone
* Kish Island Free Trade Zone
* Research centers

Society

| Demographics|

| Languages|

* Persian (Farsi)
* Armenian
* Azerbaijani
* Kurdish
* Hebrew
* Georgian
* Neo-Aramaic
* Iranian languages

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Peoples|

* Iranian citizens (abroad)
* Ethnic minorities
* Armenians
* Assyrians
* Azerbaijanis
* Circassians
* Georgians
* Kurds
* Jews
* Turkmen

Religion|

* Islam
* Baháʼí Faith (persecution)
* Christianity
* Zoroastrians (persecution)
* Freedom of religion

Other|

* Corruption
* Crime
* Education (higher
* Intellectual movements
* scientists and scholars
* universities)
* International rankings
* Nationality
* Water supply and sanitation
* Women

Culture|

* Architecture (Achaemenid
* architects)
* Art (modern / contemporary)
* Astronomy
* Blogs
* Calendars (Persian New Year (Nowruz))
* Fashion
* Chicago Persian antiquities dispute
* Cinema
* Cuisine (wine)
* Folklore
* Intellectual movements
* Iranians
* Iranian studies
* Islam (Islamization)
* Literature
* Media (news agencies (student)
* newspapers)
* Mythology
* National Jewels
* National symbols (Imperial Anthem)
* Opium consumption
* Persian gardens
* Persian name
* Philosophy
* Public holidays
* Scouting
* Sport (football)

Music|

* Folk
* Jazz
* Pop
* Rap and hip-hop
* Rock
* Traditional
* Ey Iran

Other topics|

* Science and technology
* Anti-Iranian sentiment
* Tehrangeles

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