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 Ali Asghar Khan |
Final holder | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Abolished | 3 August 1989 |
Succession | President of Iran (as head of government) |
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Government of Islamic Republic 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.