Prime Minister of Iran

Prime Minister of Iran
نخست‌وزیر ایران
Emblem of Iran (1980–1989)
Longest serving Amir-Abbas Hoveyda 26 January 1965 – 7 August 1977 (1965-01-26 – 1977-08-07)
Type	Head of government
Status	Office abolished
Member of	Cabinet of Iran Supreme National Security Council
Residence	Palace Abyaz Palace Prime Minister
Nominator	Parliament President (1980-1989)
Appointer	Shah (1906-1979) Parliament (1980-1989)
Precursor	Grand Vizier of Persia
Formation	1 August 1906
First holder	Mirza Ali Asghar Khan
Final holder	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Abolished	3 August 1989
Succession	President of Iran (as head of government)

Politics of Iran
Government of Islamic Republic of Iran
Leadership Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist Assembly of Experts Chairman: Ahmad Jannati
Executive President (list) Ebrahim Raisi First Vice President (list) Mohammad Mokhber Supervisor of Presidential Administration Gholamhossein Esmaeili Cabinet Government of Raisi
Legislative Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf Supreme Audit Court Guardian Council Chairman: Ahmad Jannati
Judicial Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad Supreme Court Islamic Revolutionary Court Special Clerical Court General Inspection Office High Council for Human rights Ministry of Justice
Supreme Councils Supreme National Security Council Secretary: Ali Akbar Ahmadian Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution Expediency Discernment Council Chairman: Sadeq Larijani
Local governments Municipality Secretary of state City Council
Elections Election Office Guardian Council Recent and future elections Presidential: 2021 2025 Legislative: 2020 2024 Experts: 2016 2024 Local: 2021 2025
Political parties and factions Inside government Reformists Principlists Outside government Monarchism Liberalism Nationalism Pan-Iranism Socialism
Ideology Islamic Government Propaganda in Iran Anti-capitalism
Foreign relations Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister: Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Diplomatic missions of / in Iran Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Nationality law Passport Visa requirements Visa policy
Related topics Taxation in Iran Armed forces of Iran
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The prime minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution before being abolished in 1989.