Consecutive aromatic C–F bond and C–H bond activations of aryl fluorides were achieved by iridium porphyrins to initially give aryl and finally fluoroaryl iridium porphyrins. The C–F bond activation product is generated first, which is the precursor for the C–H bond activation. Both experimental and theoretical results support that the C–F bond is cleaved by iridium porphyrin anion through nucleophilic