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Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (Persian: حسین امیرعبداللهیان; 23 April 1964 – 19 May 2024) was an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as foreign minister of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. [1] [2] He was the deputy foreign minister for Arab and African Affairs between 2011 and 2016. [1]
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, a hard-liner close to the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who confronted the West while also overseeing indirect talks with the U.S ...
On 19 May 2024, an Iranian Air Force helicopter crashed near the village of Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran, killing President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Governor-General of East Azerbaijan Malek Rahmati, representative of the supreme leader in East Azerbaijan Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, the head of the president's security team, and three flight crew. [1]
Faisal and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian after signing a joint statement on the restoration of diplomatic relations, with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the background, 6 April 2023. Since April 2021, Iraq has hosted five rounds of direct talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which cut diplomatic ties in 2016.
Sunday’s crash occurred as Raisi, 63, and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian were returning from a ceremony for an opening of a dam on Iran’s border with Azerbaijan, state media reported.
The office is currently held by Abbas Araghchi after the death of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. Foreign policy decisions are made in the Supreme National Security Council and according to Ali Khamenei's high courts. [4
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian declared that Iran does not welcome escalation, and the purpose of the Iranian operation was the exercise of the legitimate right of Iran for self-defense. [162] The Iranian government declared its reprisal against Israel a success and concluded. [163]
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (1964–2024) 25 August 2021: 19 May 2024: 2 years, 268 days: Independent: Raisi ...