Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet. The current office holder is Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, being approved by the Parliament on 25 August 2021 after being nominated by the President.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)
Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi
Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs twice, first from 1824 to 1834, and then again from 1838 until his death in 1845. He also served as the ambassador to Russia and Britain, and was the main Iranian delegate at the signing of the Golestan and Turkmenchay treaties with Russia in 1813 and 1828 respectively.
Portrait of Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi by the English painter Thomas Lawrence, dated 1810
Illustration of Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi by the English painter William Beechey, dated 1809/10
A page of the Treaty of Golestan
A hand-coloured lithograph depicting Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi. Made by Maxim Gauci in 1819