Hosein Alā (Persian: حسین علاء; 13 December 1881 – 13 July 1964) was an Iranian politician who served as prime minister in 1951 and again from 1955 to 1957.

Despite the efforts of the delegation, led by Aliqoli Massoud Ansari, and assisted ably by Ala, the British government of the time nixed Iran's hopes of officially attending the diplomatic gathering.

His premiership, however, was not to last long, and he resigned less than seven weeks later on 27 April, after Mohammad Mosaddegh had submitted another oil nationalisation bill to parliament two days earlier.

Alā was appointed prime minister for the second time in 1955, and in November 1955 survived an assassination attempt at the funeral of a son of Abol-Ghasem Kashani.

[6] He was replaced in April 1957 after an upsetting international incident involving the murder of three Americans by outlaw Ahmad Shah and his gang.

[7] In 1963 the protests led by religious figures intensified in Iran due to the policies of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.