List of ambassadors of Iran to Afghanistan

Ambassador of Iran to Afghanistan
Ambassador of Iran to Afghanistan
Persian: سفیر ایران در افغانستان
	Coat of Arms of Iran
	Incumbent; Alireza Bigdeli; since November 24, 2024
Inaugural holder	Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari
Formation	1919

The Iranian ambassador in Kabul is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Afghanistan.

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation	Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar	Ambassador	Persian language	Observations	List of heads of state of Iran	List of heads of state of Afghanistan	Term end	Term end Solar Hijri calendar
1919	1298	Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari (fa)	Persian: نصرالله خلعتبری اعتلاءالملک		Ahmad Shah Qajar	Amanullah Khan
1926	1305	Mehdi Farrokh (de)	Persian: مهدی فرخ		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Amanullah Khan
1927	1306	Abdolmohmed Moadab os-Sultan	Persian: عبدالمحمد مؤدب‌السلطان		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Amanullah Khan
1928	1307	Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari	Persian: نصرالله خلعتبری		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Amanullah Khan
1932	1311	Mohammad-Taghi Esfandiari (fa)	Persian: محمدتقی اسفندیاری منتخب‌الملک		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Nadir Shah	1935	1314
1933	1312	Mahmoud Salahi	Persian: محمود صلاحی		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah	1934	1313
1934	1313	Ali Akbar Bahman (fa)	Persian: علی‌اکبر بهمن		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1938	1317	Bagher Kazemi (de)	Persian: باقر کاظمی		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1939	1318	Ali Soheili	Persian: علی سهیلی		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1940	1319	Hossein Sami'i	Persian: حسین سمیعی ادیب‌السلطنه		Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1943	1322	Abolqasem Najm	Persian: ابوالقاسم نجم		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1946	1324	Hassan-Ali Kamal Hedayat Nasr ol-Molk (fa)	Persian: حسنعلی کمال هدایت نصرالملک		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah	1948	1327
1949	1328	Abdol-Hossein Masoud Ansari (fa)	Persian: عبدالحسین مسعود انصاری		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1951	1330	Mahmoud Salahi	Persian: محمود صلاحی	SALAHI, Mahmud : B. 1892; P. Retired Diplomat; F. Belong to an old pious family of Tehran, who SALAHSHUR held high … Held the Following positions:- Consul - General of Iran at Harat; Consul at Mosul; consul at Baghdad; from 1930 to 1932 Consul in Hamburg. February 1, 1939, the Exequatur, as Consul - General at Hamburg. Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Acting Foreign Minister. Iranian ambassador to Iraq Baghdad. Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.^[1]^[2]	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah	1951	1330
1952	1331	Mahmud Salahi	Persian: محمود صلاحی		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1955	1334	Mohammad Shayesteh	Persian: محمد شایسته		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1959	1338	Abdol-Amir Rashidi Haeri (fa)	Persian: عبدالامیر رشیدی حائری		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1961	1340	Mohammad Zolfaqari (fa)	Persian: محمد ذوالفقاری		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
1966	1345	Mahmoud Foroughi (fa)	Persian: محمود فروغی		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah
August 13, 1971	1350	Jahangir Tafazzoli			Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Zahir Shah	1974	1353
August 13, 1974	1353	Hossein Davoudi	Persian: حسین حسینی داوودی		Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Mohammed Daoud Khan	1978	1357
August 13, 1978	1357	Pourang Baharlu	Persian: پورنگ بهارلو	Chargé d'affaires (died in 1979) Pourang Baharlu, the Portuguese Republic – l'Ambassadeur d'Iran à Berne, Sion, 24 septembre 1971: Réception de l'Ambassadeur d'Iran à Berne, Sion, 24 septembre ... accompagné du conseiller d'ambassade Monsieur Pourang Baharlou.	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Nur Muhammad Taraki	1978	1357
December 1978	1357	Vahid Majdi	Persian: وحید مجدی	Chargé d'affaires (died in 1979) in English 1230 gmt 5 Oct 79) Amin receives foreign envoys On 6 October President Amin received the outgoing Pakistan Ambassador, Riaz Piracha, and the Iranian charge d'affaires, Vahid Majdi (Kabul home service 1600 gmt 6 Oct 79)^[3]	Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi	Nur Muhammad Taraki	1979
1982	1361	Alireza Nikunia		Chargé d'affaires	Ali Khamenei	Babrak Karmal	1984
1985	1364	Mohammad-Taghi Mohammadi	Persian: محمدتقی حاج‌محمدی	Chargé d'affaires	Ali Khamenei	Babrak Karmal	1985
July 1, 1992	1371	Mohammad Hassan Mohieddin Najafi	Persian: محمدحسین محی‌الدین نجفی	^[4]	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	Burhanuddin Rabbani	September 1, 1992	1371
May 13, 1995	1374	Mohammad-Reza Forghani	Persian: محمدرضا فرقانی	2009 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkmenistan in Ashgabat.	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	Burhanuddin Rabbani
1998	1377	Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherian Fard	Persian: محمدابراهیم طاهریان‌فرد	16.10.2018 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkey	Mohammad Khatami	Burhanuddin Rabbani
2003	1382	Mohammad-Reza Bahrami	Persian: محمدرضا بهرامی طاقانکی		Mohammad Khatami	Hamid Karzai	September 20, 2007	1386
2007	1386	Mohammad-Hassan Mohieddin Najafi		Chargé d'affaires Najafi, Mohammad Hasan Mohi-ed-Din	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Hamid Karzai
2010	1389	[[Fada-Hossein Maleki (fa)	Persian: فداحسین مالکی	^[5]	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Hamid Karzai	2012	1391
May 8, 2012	1391	Abolfazl Zohrevand	Persian: ابوالفضل ظهره‌وند		Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	Hamid Karzai	2013	1392
November 1, 2013	1392	Mohammad-Reza Bahrami	Persian: محمدرضا بهرامی طاقانکی		Hassan Rouhani	Hamid Karzai	2019	1398
December 15, 2019	1398	Bahador Aminian^[6]	Persian: بهادر امینیان		Hassan Rouhani	Ashraf Ghani	2022	1401
December 18, 2022	1401	Hassan Kazemi Qomi	Persian: حسن کاظمی قمی		Ebrahim Raisi	Hibatullah Akhundzada

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References

^ Mahrad, Ahmad (1 September 1985). Die Aussenpolitik Irans von 1950 bis 1954 und die Aufnahme der Beziehungen zwischen Iran und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Breitenbach. ISBN 9783881563161 – via Google Books.
^ "Iran Who's who". Echo of Iran. 1 September 1972 – via Google Books.
^ Gale, Cengage; Group, Taylor & Francis (1 September 1980). Far East and Australasia, 1980-81. Europa Publications. ISBN 9780905118512 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
^ "Directory of Iranian Officials: A Reference Aid". The Agency. 1 September 1992 – via Google Books.
^ "Iran and Saudi Arabia in Afghanistan". thediplomat.com.
^ https://en.irna.ir/news/83595488/New-Iranian-Ambassador-submits-credentials-to-Afghan-Pres
^ Adamec, Ludwig W. (1 September 1979). First Supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 9783201011136 – via Google Books.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] Mahrad, Ahmad (1 September 1985). Die Aussenpolitik Irans von 1950 bis 1954 und die Aufnahme der Beziehungen zwischen Iran und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Breitenbach. ISBN 9783881563161 – via Google Books.

[2] "Iran Who's who". Echo of Iran. 1 September 1972 – via Google Books.

[3] Gale, Cengage; Group, Taylor & Francis (1 September 1980). Far East and Australasia, 1980-81. Europa Publications. ISBN 9780905118512 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help)

[4] "Directory of Iranian Officials: A Reference Aid". The Agency. 1 September 1992 – via Google Books.

[5] "Iran and Saudi Arabia in Afghanistan". thediplomat.com.

[6] ttps://en.irna.ir/news/83595488/New-Iranian-Ambassador-submits-credentials-to-Afghan-Pres

[7] Adamec, Ludwig W. (1 September 1979). First Supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN 9783201011136 – via Google Books.

[8] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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