List of Iranian Azerbaijanis
Number Name Background
1 Ali Khamenei President of Iran ( 1981-1989 ) , Supreme Leader of Iran ( since 1989 )
2 Tadj ol-Molouk Queen of Iran as the wife of Reza Shah , founder of the Pahlavi dynasty and Shah of Iran between 1915 and 1941
3 Gholam Reza Aghazadeh Minister of Petroleum of Iran for three terms of four years ; served as the Vice President for Atomic Energy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran up until July 2009
4 Mohammad Asghari Minister of Justice of Iran for two terms
5 Rahman Dadman Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Iran for one term
6 Mehdi Bazargan head of Iran 's interim government , making him Iran 's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979
7 Ali Abdolalizadeh Minister of Housing and Urban Development of Iran for two terms of four years
8 Ali Meshkini Chair of Assembly of Experts ( 1990 - 2007 )
9 Mahmoud Jam prime minister of Iran from 1935 to 1939
10 Yahya Ale Eshaq Minister of Commerce of Iran for one term
11 Abbas Dozdozani Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran for two terms
12 Hoseyn Kazempour Ardabili Minister of Commerce of Iran for one term
13 Isa Kalantari Minister of Jihad-e-Agriculture of Iran for two terms
14 Sadegh Mahsouli Minister of Welfare and Social Security of Iran for one term and Minister of Interior of Iran for one term
15 Mohsen Mehralizadeh Vice President of Iran
16 Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini Vice President for parliamentary affairs from 2009 to 2013
17 Reza Moridi member Ontario Liberal Party MPPs in provincial or federal legislature in Canada
18 Mir-Hossein Mousavi the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran , from 1981 to 1989
19 Mohammadreza Nematzadeh Minister of Industries and Business of Iran
20 Hamid Chitchian Minister of Energy of Iran
Politicians
See also : Category : Iranian Azerbaijani politicians
Azerbaijanis constitute the second-largest ethnic group in Iran, and there are more Azerbaijanis living in Iran than in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Notable Iranian Azerbaijanis include: