List of ambassadors of Iran to the United States

This is a list of Iranian Ambassadors to the United States. Iran currently has no ambassador to the United States but simply a chief of the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States at the Pakistani Embassy.

  • 1888: Hossein-Gholi Khan Noori (Haji Washington)
  • May 17, 1897 Mirza Alinaghi Khan, Ambassador Extraordinary on Special Mission
    • August 1897 List: mission removed
    • December 11, 1900, legation opened - listed as Persia
  • December 11, 1900, General Isaac Khan, E.E. and M.P.
  • June 1904 List General Morteza Khan, Appt. E.E. and M.P.
  • February 24, 1905, E.E. and M.P. (Minister removed from September 1911 List)
  • August 31, 1910 Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan, Charge d'Affaires (NOT a.i.)
  • March 17, 1914 Mehdi Khan, E.E. and M.P.
  • April 25, 1918 Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan, Nabil-ed-Dovleh, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  • June 18, 1919 Mirza Abdul Ali Khan, Sadigh-es-Saltaneh, Appt. E.E. and M.P. (August 8, 1919, August E.E. and M.P.)
  • August 30, 1921 Hossein Alai, Appt. E.E. and M.P. (November 15, 1921, E.E. and M.P.)
  • October 5, 1926 Fathollah Khan Noury Esfandiary, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  • December 7, 1926 Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah, E.E. and M.P.
  • October 17, 1931 Yadollah Azodi, Chargé d'Affaires (NOT a.i.)
  • June 12, 1933 Ghaffar Djalal, E.E. and M.P.
    • April 1935 Listed as Iran
  • January 14, 1936 Hossein Ghods, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
    • May 1936 Legation removed from list
    • February 1939 Legation replaced in list
  • January 25, 1939, Dr. Ali Akbar Daftary, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
  • January 11, 1940 H. Hadjeb-Davallou, in charge of Legation (NOT Chargé d'Affaires)
  • February 7, 1940 Mohammad Schayesteh, Appt. E.E. and M.P. (February 13, 1940, E.E. and M.P.)
    • November 29, 1945, Legation raised to embassy
  • November 19, 1945 Hossein Ala, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (November 29, 1945, Amb. E. and P.)
  • September 8, 1950 Nasrollah Entezam, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (September 18, 1950, Amb. E. and P.)
  • September 18, 1952 Allah-Yar Saleh, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (September 24, 1952, Amb. E. and P.)
  • September 28, 1953, Mr. Abbas Aram, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. (Ambassador carried as absent)
  • October 22, 1953 Nasrollah Entezam, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (November 2, 1953, Amb. E. and P.)
  • January 19, 1956 Ali Amini, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (January 24, 1956, Amb. E. and P.)
  • May 14, 1958, Dr. Ali Gholi Ardalan, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (May 22, 1958, Amb. E. and P.)
  • March 16, 1960 Ardeshir Zahedi, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (March 23, 1960, Amb. E. and P.)
  • March 30, 1962, P.C. Hossein Qods-Nakhai, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (April 6, 1962, Amb. E. and P.)
  • April 5, 1963 Mahmoud Foroughi, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (April 24, 1963, Amb. E. and P.)
  • May 11, 1965, Dr. Khosrow Khosrovani, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (June 7, 1965, Amb. E. and P.)
  • May 17, 1967 Hushang Ansary, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (May 25, 1967, Amb. E. and P)
  • October 16, 1969, Dr. Amir-Aslan Afshar, Amb. E. and P.
  • March 7, 1973 Ardeshir Zahedi, Appt. Amb. E. and P. (April 9, 1973, Amb. E. and P. until the Iranian Revolution)
    • In February 1979, Shahriar Rouhani took over the revolutionary embassy and controlled it at least until April 1979[1][2]
    • Ali Asgar Agah was in charge as the Minister Counselor and Chargé d'affaires as of June 1979[3]
  • Dr Mehdi Haeri Yazdi (1979 until Iran hostage crisis)
  • April 7, 1980, Embassy closed - severed diplomatic relations
Former Iranian Embassy in Washington D.C..

See also

References
  1. Trescott, Jacqueline (14 February 1979), "Iran's Point Man in Washington", The Washington Post, retrieved 9 January 2020
  2. Warren, Russell (8 April 1979), "The Ayatollah's Embassy", The Washington Post, retrieved 9 January 2020
  3. https://ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.house.gov/files/comm_printIranBribe.pdf
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