Karim Khodapanahi (born 1944) is an
Iranian
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politician. He was the foreign minister of Iran between 1980 and 1981.
Biography
Khodapanahi was born in 1944.
He served as the minister of foreign affairs from 3 August 1980 to 11 March 1981 in the
cabinet
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led by
Prime Minister
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Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Mohammad-Ali Rajai ( fa, محمدعلی رجائی; 15 June 1933 – 30 August 1981) was the second president of Iran from 2 to 30 August 1981 after serving as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr. He was also minister of foreign affairs fr ...
.
He replaced
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh ( fa, صادق قطبزاده, 24 February 1936 – 15 September 1982) was an Iranian politician who served as a close aide of Ayatollah Khomeini during his 1978 exile in France, and foreign minister (30 November 1979 – ...
in the post.
[ In 1981, Mohammad-Ali Rajai succeeded Khodapanahi as acting foreign minister.][
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20th-century Iranian politicians
1941 births
Freedom Movement of Iran politicians
Foreign ministers of Iran
Iran's Book of the Year Awards recipients
Living people