Background and career
Sayyid Kamal Kharazi (Persian: کمال خرازی, 1 December 1944 – 9 April 2026) was an Iranian reformist politician and diplomat who served as the foreign minister of Iran from 20 August 1997 to 24 August 2005.
Kharazi was succeeded as foreign minister by Manouchehr Mottaki following Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election. He later served as an advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, chaired the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, and co-founded the Institute for Cognitive Science Studies in 2016. He died on 9 April 2026 from wounds sustained in an airstrike during the 2026 Iran war.

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