Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (Persian: عباس آخوندی, born 6 June 1957) is an Iranian politician and academic and former Minister of Roads and Urban Development, from 2013 to 2018.

The grandson of Grand Ayatollah Allameh Amini, Akhoundi was born in Najaf where his grandfather resided.

[3] His thesis was titled Globalization, the nation-state and national economic policy making : the attitudes of Iran's elites.

[5] In 2011, he wrote a set of advised amendments to Article 44 published by Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines, none of which have been implemented.

He was chosen for the ministry of Roads and Urban Development by the newly elected President Hassan Rouhani, he needed to gain a vote of confidence from the Iranian Parliament before taking office.