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Prime Minister of Iran

Iran · Religion / Islam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1980–1981Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1980

Mohammad Ali Rajai12 August 1980

Religion / Islam

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, during the Islamic Revolutionary Council

1981

Mohammad Javad Bahonar4 August 1981

Tehran · Religion / Islam

Bahonar takes office as prime minister before being assassinated later that month

Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani2 September 1981

Tehran · Religion / Islam

Mahdavi-Kani serves as prime minister during the emergency transition after August 1981

Mir Hossein Mousavi31 October 1981

Tehran · Religion / Islam

Mousavi begins his premiership under President Ali Khamenei during the Iran-Iraq War

Names involved

Mir Hossein MousaviMohammad Ali RajaiMohammad Javad BahonarMohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani

Provenance

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