Abbas Akhoundi
Iran
Executives of Construction
transport minister
government
Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi is an Iranian politician and academic and former Minister of Roads and Urban Development, from 2013 to 2018. In 1993, Akhoundi became the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, making him one of the youngest ministers in Iran's modern history until Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi's appointment in 2017.
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Sep 24, 2026
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Funeral for his brother was held in Tehran.
Moderates remember Akhoundi as a technocratic minister, and his family's mourning is a low-key reminder of the moderate faction's presence in Iranian politics.