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List of ambassadors of Iran to the United Kingdom

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Ambassador to the
United Kingdom
Emblem of Iran
Incumbent
Ali Matinfar (Chargé d'affaires)
since May 14, 2024 [1]
StyleHis Excellency
Residence16 Princes Gate
Knightsbridge
London
Inaugural holderRobert Shirley
Persian Ambassador
WebsiteIran Embassy in the UK

This is a list of Iranian ambassadors to the United Kingdom.[2]

  • 1608, Robert Shirley and Nakd Ali Beg
  • 1809–1810, Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi
  • 1810, Set Khan Astvatsatourian
  • 1839, Mirza Hossein Khan Moghaddam (Great Britain refused to receive him and rejected his mission)
  • 1850–1855, Shafi' Khan (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 1860–1861, Mirza Jafar Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (ru)
  • 1862–1865, Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al-Molk (Minister Plenipotentiary) (ru)
  • 1865–1867, Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khan (acting)
  • 1867–1872, Mirza Mohsen Khan Moein ol-Molk (First as Chargé d'affaires then as Minister Resident and finally as Minister Plenipotentiary) (de)
  • 1872–1889, Mirza Malkam Khan Nazem od-Dowleh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1889–1906, Mohammad-Ali Khan Ala os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1907–1920, Mehdi Khan Ala os-Saltaneh (First as Chargé d'affaires then as Minister Resident and finally as Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1921–1926, Davoud Khan Meftah os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary) (fa)
  • 1926–1927, Abdolali Khan Sadigh os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary) (de)
  • 1927–1929, Hovhannes Khan Masehian Moased os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1929–1930, Hassan Taqizadeh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1931–1932, Ali-Qoli Masoud Ansari Moshaver ol-Mamalek (Minister Plenipotentiary) (ru)
  • 1935–1937, Hossein Ala' (CMG) (Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1938–1938, Ali Soheili (Minister Plenipotentiary)
  • 1938–1940, Fazlollah Nabil (acting)
  • 1940–1941, Mohammad-Ali Moghaddam (Minister Plenipotentiary) (fa)
  • 1941–1947, Hassan Taqizadeh (First as Minister Plenipotentiary then as Ambassador)
  • 1947–1950, Mohsen Rais
  • 1950–1951, Ali Soheili
  • 1951–1952, Mohammad Hadjeb Davallou (Chargé d'affaires a.i.)
  • 1954–1954, Amir Khosrow Afshar (Chargé d'affaires a.i.)
  • 1954–1958, Ali Soheili
  • 1958–1961, Hossein Ghods-Nakhai
  • 1961–1962, Mohsen Raïs
  • 1962–1966, Ardeshir Zahedi
  • 1967–1969, Abbas Aram
  • 1969–1972, Amir Khosrow Afshar
  • 1972–1975, Shuaauddin Ghotb
  • 1976–1979, Parviz C. Radji
  • 1979, Houshang Mahdavi (Abdolreza Mahdavi) (Chargé d'affaires) (fa)
  • 1979–1980, Gholam-Ali Afrouz (Chargé d'affaires) (fa) (Ambassador during the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege)
  • 1980–1981, Seyfollah Ehdaei (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 1981–1982, Alireza Farrokhrouz (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 1982–1986, Jalal Sadatian (Chargé d'affaires) (fa)
  • 1986–1989, Mohammad-Mehdi Akhondzadeh (Chargé d'affaires) (de)
  • 1989–1990, Jamal Haj-Esmaili (Head of Iran's interest section in London)
  • 1990–1992, Shamseddin Khareghani (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 1992–1998, Gholamreza Ansari (Chargé d'affaires)(ru)
  • 1998–1999, Mahmoud Mohammadi
  • 1999–2000, Gholamreza Ansari
  • 2000–2004, Morteza Sarmadi
  • 2004–2005, Mohammad-Hossein Adeli
  • 2006–2010, Rasoul Movahedian
  • 2010–2012, Safar-Ali Eslamian Koupaei (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 2013–2016, Mohammad-Hassan Habibollahzadeh (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 2016–2021, Hamid Baeidinejad
  • 2021, Mehdi Hosseini Matin (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 2021–2022, Mohsen Baharvand
  • 2022–2024, Mehdi Hosseini Matin (Chargé d'affaires)
  • 2024–present, Ali Matinfar (Chargé d'affaires)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.irna.ir/news/85476970
  2. ^ "Principal officers". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
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