Spokesperson of the Government of Iran

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Spokesperson of the Government
سخنگوی دولت
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since 28 August 2024
Appointer President of Iran
Term length No fixed term

Spokesperson of the Government of Iran is responsible for gathering and disseminating information regarding the Cabinet to the media. Currently the position is held by Fatemeh Mohajerani. [1]

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Spokespersons

Before 1979 revolution

No.NameTook officeLeft office Party Cabinet Prime Minister
Hossein Fatemi 195119 August 1953 National Front Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh
Abolhassan Amidi 19531953 Independent Zahedi Fazlollah Zahedi
Abbas Farzanegan 19531955 Independent
Hasan Arsanjani 5 May 196119 July 1962 Independent Amini Ali Amini
Dariush Homayoon [2] August 1977August 1978 Resurgence Amouzegar Jamshid Amouzegar

After 1979 revolution

As follows: [3] [4] [5]

No.NameTook officeLeft office Party Cabinet President Prime Minister
1 Abbas Amir-Entezam 13 February 19791 July 1979 FMI Interim Mehdi Bazargan
2 Sadeq Tabatabaei 1 July 19796 November 1979 FMI
3 Hassan Habibi 8 November 197920 July 1980 FMI Interim vacant
4 Behzad Nabavi 17 December 1980December 1981 MIRO 1st Abolhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai
2nd Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Interim vacant Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
5 Ahmad Tavakkoli 16 December 19813 August 1983 IRP
3rd
Ali Khamenei Mir-Hossein Mousavi
vacant
4th
vacant 5th Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
6th
6 Ata'ollah Mohajerani 7 December 199714 December 2000 ECP 7th Mohammad Khatami
7 Abdollah Ramezanzadeh 19 December 20013 August 2005 IIPF 8th
8 Gholam-Hossein Elham 7 August 200525 August 2009 9th Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
9 Shamseddin Hosseini 110 January 20103 August 2013 10th
10 Mohammad Reza Rahimi 210 January 201031 October 2012
(8) Gholam-Hossein Elham 11 December 20123 August 2013 FIRS
11 Mohammad Bagher Nobakht 28 August 20131 August 2018 MDP 11th Hassan Rouhani
12th
vacant
12 Ali Rabii 30 May 20193 August 2021 ILP
13 Ehsan Khandozi 126 October 202128 July 2024 13th Ebrahim Raisi
14 Ali Bahadori Jahromi 14 November 202128 July 2024
1.Economic affairs spokesperson
2.Political affairs spokesperson

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