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Prime Minister of Iran

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.

Prime Minister of Iran

Head of government

Office abolished

Cabinet of Iran
Supreme National Security Council

Palace Abyaz
Palace Prime Minister

Parliament
President (1980-1989)

Shah (1906-1979)
Parliament (1980-1989)

Grand Vizier of Persia

30 December 1906

Mirza Ali Asghar Khan

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

3 August 1989

President of Iran (as head of government)

List of grand viziers of Persia

History of Iran

For a full list of Viziers of Iran in the last 2000 years, see: "Iranian Viziers: From Bozorgmehr to Amir Kabir" (وزیران ایرانی از بزرگمهر تا امیر کبیر) by Abdolrafi' Haqiqat (عبدالرفیع حقیقت). collection DS 271 F34 1995

Perry–Castañeda Library

Taarikh-e Mokhtasar-e Ahzaab-e Siaasi-e Iraan (A Short History of Political Parties of Iran), Amirkabir, 1978.

Mohammad Taghi Bahar

's entries on "Ala-al-Saltana, Mohammad-Ali" and "Akbar Sepahdar-e Azam, Fathallah"

Encyclopædia Iranica

various articles in

The Persian Encyclopedia

'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003).  964-93406-6-1 (Vol. 1), ISBN 964-93406-5-3 (Vol. 2).

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