The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824. Current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Kamal Kharrazi, appointed in 1997.
Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Islamic Republic of Iran
Acting ministers are marked with (A).
| Minister
| Served
| Notes
|
| Karim Sanjabi
| February 14, 1979 – April 15, 1979
| resigned
|
| Mehdi Bazargan (A)
| April 16, 1979 – April 21, 1979
| the then Prime Minister
|
| Ebrahim Yazdi
| April 22, 1979 – November 6, 1979
| resigned
|
| Abolhassan Banisadr (A)
| November 12, 1979 – November 29, 1979
| resigned
|
| Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
| November 30, 1979 – August, 1980
| resigned
|
| Mohammad Karim Khodapanahi (A)
| August, 1980 – March 11, 1981
|
|
| Mohammad Ali Rajai
| March 11, 1981 – August 15, 1981
| the then Prime Minister
|
| Mir-Hossein Mousavi
| August 15, 1981 – December 15, 1981
|
|
| Ali Akbar Velayati
| December 15, 1981 – August 20, 1997
|
|
| Kamal Kharrazi
| August 20, 1997 – Present
|
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See also Iranian Foreign Affairs
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