AFP/Getty Images hide caption Mossadegh fought both internal corruption and foreign interference, enacted social reforms and nationalized the Iranian oil industry. Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh (1882-1967) was a lawyer, professor, author, Governor, Parliament member, Finance Minister, and democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran. Mehdi Bazargan, Iranian educator and politician who in 1979 became the first prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran. During the period 1907 to 1951 all Prime Ministers were selected by the Shah and subject to a vote-of-confidence by the Iranian Parliament. In office for less than a month, he was killed by antigovernment forces. Unable to stem the tide of violent extremism under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, he resigned after only nine months in office. Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, tweeted a similar sentiment, saying that Iran will support whoever is selected by Iraq’s parliament. But will Iraqis? Kadhimi, the head of Iraq’s National Intelligence Service, is the third Iraqi prime minister asked to form a cabinet after Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in December due to anti-government protests. Israel’s prime minister has accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, a mysterious explosion that further raised security concerns in the region. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The Shah was reinstalled as Iran's leader. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Leumit Health Care Services vaccination facility and meets Theodor Salzen, the 4 millionth person in Israel to be vaccinated for the coronavirus, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Bazargan, the son of an Azerbaijani merchant, Iran remained a solid Cold War ally of the United States until a revolution ended the Shah’s rule in 1979. Mohammad Javad Bahonar, also spelled Muḥammad Javād Bāhunar, (born 1933, Kermān, Iran—died August 30, 1981, Tehrān), Iranian politician who was prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1981. The constitution stipulated that all Prime Minister must be subject to a vote in parliament for both approval and removal. Mosaddeq came to prominence in Iran in 1951 when he was appointed premier. Iran and the U.S. agree on Iraq’s latest nominee for prime minister. Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was soon overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the CIA and British intelligence. The position of premier was abolished and replaced by the Prime Minister of Iran. This is a list of Prime Ministers of Iran from the creation of the office in 1906 during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, until 1989 when the post was abolished after the constitutional referendum.Prime Minister was the Head of Government of Iran.. Mirza Nasrullah Khan was the first and Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the last Prime Minister of Iran, after 1906 constitutional revolution.