Spokesperson of the Government of Iran

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Spokesperson of the Government
سخنگوی دولت
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Incumbent

since 14 November 2021
AppointerPresident of Iran
Term lengthNo fixed term

Spokesperson of the Government of Iran is responsible for gathering and disseminating information regarding the Cabinet to the media. The position was last held by Mohammad Bagher Nobakht.[1] and was vacant for 10 months, until appointment of Ali Rabii on May 2019.

Spokespersons[]

Before 1979 revolution[]

Name Took office Left office Party Cabinet Prime Minister
Hossein Fatemi 1951 19 August 1953 National Front Mosaddegh Mohammad Mosaddegh
Abolhassan Amidi 1953 1953 Independent Fazlollah Zahedi
Abbas Farzanegan 1953 1955 Independent
Hasan Arsanjani 5 May 1961 19 July 1962 Independent Amini Ali Amini
Dariush Homayoon[2] August 1977 August 1978 Resurgence Jamshid Amouzegar

After 1979 revolution[]

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

Name Took office Left office Party Cabinet President Prime Minister
1 Abbas Amir-Entezam 13 February 1979 1 July 1979 FMI Interim Mehdi Bazargan
2 Sadeq Tabatabaei 1 July 1979 6 November 1979 FMI
3 Hassan Habibi 8 November 1979 20 July 1980 FMI Interim vacant
4 Behzad Nabavi 17 December 1980 December 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 1981 3 August 1983 IRP
3rd
Ali Khamenei Mir-Hossein Mousavi
vacant
4th
vacant Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
6 Ata'ollah Mohajerani 7 December 1997 14 December 2000 ECP Mohammad Khatami
7 Abdollah Ramezanzadeh 19 December 2001 3 August 2005 IIPF
8 Gholam-Hossein Elham 7 August 2005 25 August 2009 N/A 9th Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
9 Shamseddin Hosseini1 10 January 2010 3 August 2013 10th
10 Mohammad Reza Rahimi2 10 January 2010 31 October 2012
(8) Gholam-Hossein Elham 11 December 2012 3 August 2013 FIRS
11 Mohammad Bagher Nobakht 28 August 2013 1 August 2018 MDP 11th Hassan Rouhani
12th
vacant
12 Ali Rabii 30 May 2019 3 August 2021 ILP
1.Economic affairs spokesperson
2.Political affairs spokesperson

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ New official Speaker of Iranian government appointed, Trend News Agency, retrieved 23 March 2015
  2. ^ "Dariush Homayoon died" (in Persian). BBC Persian. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ Khedir, Mehrdad (29 August 2013). "سخنگویی دولت، متن است نه حاشیه" (in Persian). Asr-e Iran. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ 34 سال پس از انقلاب؛ 11 دولت، 9 سخنگو (in Persian), Khabar Online, retrieved 23 March 2015
  5. ^ "تصویب‌نامه راجع به انتصاب سخنگو و رئیس شورای اطلاع‌رسانی دولت" (in Persian). Vekalat Online. Retrieved 13 September 2017.


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