Mohammad Gharazi (Persian: محمد غرضی, also spelled Mohammad Qarazi) is an Iranian politician who served as minister of petroleum from 1981 to 1985 and minister of post from 1985 to 1997.
He later moved to France but was back to his home country and was arrested by SAVAK in 1972.
[citation needed] Gharazi began his political career in 1974 and was exiled to Iraq by Shah's government.
[citation needed] He resigned from office in 1997 after election of Mohammad Khatami.
Gharazi run for President of Iran as an independent in the 2013 election, having announced his candidacy on 8 May 2013.