Isa Kalantari

Issa Kalantari (Persian: عیسی کلانتری, born 1952 in Marand, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian politician and former head of Department of Environment, serving from 2017 to 2021. He served as minister of agriculture in last year of Khamenei's presidency, in both terms of Rafsanjani's presidency and also in first term of President Khatami.

Issa Kalantari
Vice President of Iran Head of Department of Environment
In office 13 August 2017 – 3 October 2021
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Masoumeh Ebtekar
Succeeded by	Ali Salajegheh
Minister of Agriculture
In office 20 September 1988 – 14 January 2001
President	Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Prime Minister	Mir Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Abbas Ali Zali
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Hojjati (Merged in Jihad of Construction Ministry)
Personal details
Born	Isa Kalantari 1952 (age 70–71) Marand, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Alma mater	Urmia University University of Nebraska-Lincoln Iowa State University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Agricultural engineer
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Isa Kalantari lost his elder brother, Mousa, in Hafte Tir bombing on 28 June 1981.

He has a BSc degree of agriculture from Urmia University, MSc of Physiology-Biochemistry from University of Nebraska, and PhD in agricultural physiology from Iowa State University.[1] He was a member of the Center for Strategic Research in the Expediency Discernment Council.[2] In 2001, he founded Iran's House of Farmers and has been serving as its director since then.