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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( fa, وزارت امور خارجه, Vezārat-e Omūr-e Khārejeh) is an Iranian government ministry headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is a member of cabinet. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who was approved by the Parliament on 25 August 2021 after being nominated by the President.


Ministers and officials

The first minister of foreign affairs of Iran was
Mirza Abdulvahab Khan Mirza may refer to: * Mirza, Kamrup, town in Assam, India * Mirza (name), historical royal title & noble * ''Mirza'', the genus of giant mouse lemur * "Mirza", song by Nino Ferrer * ''Mirza – The Untold Story'', Punjabi action romance film wri ...
, who served from 1821 to 1823. The incumbent minister is Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, who was appointed on 25 August 2021 to succeed Mohammad Javad Zarif. The current officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs are: * Minister of Foreign Affairs — Hossein Amir-Abdollahian * Deputy for Political Affairs — Ali Bagheri * Deputy for Legal & International Affairs — Reza Najafi * Deputy for Economic Diplomacy Affairs — Mehdi Safari * Deputy for Consular, Parliament and Iranians Affairs — Alireza Bigdeli * Deputy for Administrative and Financial Affairs — Mohammad Fathali * Spokesman & Head of the Center for Public and Media Diplomacy
Nasser Kanaani Nasser Kanaani ( fa, ناصر کنعانی) is an Iranian diplomat and the 13th spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran since June 27, 2022. He was also the head of Iran's interests protection office in Cairo from July 2018 to July 2 ...
* Head of the Center for Political and International Studies — Mohammad Hassan Sheykholeslami * The Minister Senior Assistant in Special Political Affairs — Ali Asghar Khaji


Assigned activities

Since 5 September 2013, the Ministry has been responsible for the negotiation of the
Comprehensive agreement on Iranian nuclear program The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA; fa, برنامه جامع اقدام مشترک , barnāmeye jāme'e eqdāme moshtarak (, ''BARJAM'')), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal or Iran deal, is an agreement on the Iranian nuclear ...
, which had previously been carried out by the
Supreme National Security Council Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; fa, شورای عالی امنیت ملی ''Showrāye Āliye Amniyate Mellī'' also ''Supreme Council for National Security'') is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current ...
.


Building

The building of the Ministry was completed in 1939. File:Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs building.jpg, Minister's office File:FM.IRAN.jpg, Foreign Ministry Reception Hall File:Ministery of Foreign Affairs.JPG, Shahrbani Palace File:MFA IRAN.JPG, One of the buildings of the Foreign Ministry File:Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran.jpg, Entrance of the 8th building File:Kakh Shahrbani Bagh-e Melli.jpg, Entrance of the Main building File:IRAN.FM.jpg, United Nations street


See also

* Politics of Iran *
Foreign relations of Iran The foreign relations of Iran are the economic and diplomatic relationships between the Iranian government and governments of other countries. Geography is a very significant factor in informing Iran's foreign policy. Following the 1979 Iranian ...
* Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran) *
Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran) Commission of National-Security and Foreign-Policy (of Islamic Parliament of I.R.Iran) ( fa, کمیسیون امنیت ملی و سیاست خارجی مجلس شورای اسلامی, Komisiune Amniyate Melli wa Siasate-Kharejie Majlese-Shoraye-E ...


References

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