Prime Minister of Iran

Prime Minister of Iran
نخست‌وزیر ایران
Emblem of Iran
(1980–1989)
Last office holder
Mir-Hossein Mousavi

29 October 1981 – 16 August 1989
TypeHead of government
Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces (1925, 1952–1953)
StatusOffice abolished
Member ofCabinet of Iran
Supreme National Security Council
ResidencePalace Abyaz
Palace Prime Minister
NominatorParliament
President (1980–1989)
AppointerShah (1906–1979)
Parliament (1980–1989)
PrecursorGrand Vizier of Persia
Formation30 December 1906
First holderMirza Nasrullah Khan
Final holderMir-Hossein Mousavi
Abolished16 August 1989
SuccessionPresident of Iran (as head of government)

Prime minister of Iran was a political post in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty, and continued into the Pahlavi dynasty from 1923 and, following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, into the Islamic Republic of Iran, before being abolished in 1989. After 1989 the responsibilities of prime minister were divided between the president and first vice president.