| Prime Minister of Iran | |
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| نخستوزیر ایران | |
 Emblem of Iran (1980–1989) | |
| 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 | 30 December 1906 |
| First holder | Mirza Nasrullah Khan |
| Final holder | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Abolished | 3 August 1989 |
| Succession | President of Iran (ashead of government) |
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Theprime minister of Iran was a political post that had existed inIran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during theQajar dynasty and into the start of thePahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979Iranian Revolution before being abolished in 1989.
In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by different titles. The post itself was mainly known asataabak orataabak-e a'zam (grandataabak), or sometimessadr-e a'zam (premier) at the beginning, but becamera'is ol-vozaraa (head of ministers) at the end. The title ofnakhost vazir (prime minister) was rarely used. The prime minister was usually called by the honorific titlehazrat-e ashraf.Reza Khan Sardar Sepah became the last prime minister of the Qajar dynasty in 1923.
For a list of Iranian 'prime ministers' prior to 1907 seeList of grand viziers of Persia.
In 1925,Reza Shah became the Shah of Iran. He installedMohammad Ali Foroughi as the prime minister.[1] In 1941 his sonMohammad Reza Pahlavi became Shah. He installed Mohammad-Ali Foroughi as the prime minister too. In 1951,Mohammad Mosaddegh became Prime Minister but was overthrown in acounter-coup d'état in 1953.Amir-Abbas Hoveyda became Prime minister of Iran in 1965 and remained in office until 1977.Shapour Bakhtiar was the last Prime Minister of the Pahlavi era.
After theIranian Revolution of 1979, AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini installedMehdi Bazargan as the Prime Minister of aninterim government, which served until November 1979. The government resigned during theIran hostage crisis, but mentioned that it has not been the sole reason, and the decision for mass resignation had been reached one day before the invasion of theUnited States embassy by the Iranian students.
The post was left empty untilAbolhassan Banisadr became president in January 1980 and choseMohammad-Ali Rajai as his prime minister, mainly because of pressures imposed byMajlis representatives, especially those close to theIslamic Republican Party. Rajai served in the post until Banisadr's impeachment in June 1981, and was elected as president in the elections of July 24, 1981. Rajai choseMohammad Javad Bahonar as his prime minister, but they were assassinated together in the Prime Minister's office only a few weeks later on August 30, 1981.
WhenAli Khamenei became president in the elections of October 1981, he first introduced right-leaningAli Akbar Velayati to the Majlis as his prime minister, but he was voted down by the then left-leaning majority of the parliament, which then forced their preferred prime minister to Khamenei, namelyMir-Hossein Mousavi. The dispute finally ended following intervention by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, who advised the president to accept Mousavi.
Mousavi served under the title until 1989, when theconstitution wasamended to abolish the title of Prime Minister and divide his responsibilities between the president and a newly created title offirst Vice President.
| Head of government ofIran | ||
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Iran 1906–1989 | Succeeded by |
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