List of ambassadors of Iran to the United Kingdom

This is a list of Iranian Ambassadors to the United Kingdom.[1]

  • 1608 Robert Shirley and Nakd Ali Beg
  • 1809 – 1810 Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi
  • 1839 – 1939 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 Rais
  • 1962 – 1966 Ardeshir Zahedi
  • 1967 – 1969 Abbas Aram
  • 1969 – 1972 Amir Khosrow Afshar
  • 1972 – 1975 Shuaauddin Ghotb
  • 1976 – 1979 Parviz C. Radji
  • 1979 – 1979 Houshang Mahdavi (Abdolreza Mahdavi) (Chargé d'affaires) (fa)
  • 1979 – 1980 Gholam-Ali Afrouz (Chargé d'affaires) (fa)
  • 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 – present Hamid Baeidinejad (Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary)
Ambassador to the
United Kingdom
Coat of Arms of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Incumbent
Hamid Baeidinejad

since 5 September 2016
StyleHis Excellency
Residence16 Princes Gate
Knightsbridge
London
Inaugural holderRobert Shirley
Persian Ambassador
WebsiteIran Embassy in the UK

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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