Ali Amini (Persian: علی امینی; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962.

Amini was widely regarded as "a protégé of the United States"[1] and a "pro-American liberal reformer".

[4] He completed his studies first in Dar ol-fonoon and then in France where he graduated with a degree in law from Grenoble University,[5] followed by his PhD in economics from Paris.

He was later regarded as a "traitor" by the National Front, because of his collaboration with the post-1953 Iranian coup d'état government.

In July 1962, however, he was replaced by the Shah's close friend and a major Birjand landowner Asadollah Alam.

[10] He complained about internal struggles among the exiled Iranian monarchists, saying "We're not even back in Tehran [and] they quarrel over the name of the country's future prime minister.