List of ambassadors of Iran to Japan
Appearance
Ambassador of Iran to Japan | |
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since September 11, 2018 | |
Inaugural holder | Āvānes Khan Mosā'ed-al-Saltane |
Formation | July 1, 1930 |
The Iranian ambassador in Tokyo is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Japan.
Till August 16, 1971 the Iranian Ambassador to Japan was accredited in Taipei.
List of Representatives
Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of Presidents of Iran | List of Prime Ministers of Japan | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
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July 1, 1930 | 1308 | Āvānes Khan Mosā'ed-al-Saltane | Reza Shah | Hamaguchi Osachi | August 1, 1931 | 1309 | ||
September 1, 1931 | 1309 | Hovhannes Masehyan | Persian: هوهانس خان ماسحیان, romanized: هوهانس ماسحیان | Reza Shah | Wakatsuki Reijirō | October 1, 1933 | 1310 | |
October 1, 1933 | 1310 | Hassan-Ali Kamal Hedayat | Persian: حسنعلی کمال هدایت | Reza Shah | Saitō Makoto | October 1, 1933 | 1312 | |
July 2, 1934 | 1312 | Bagher Azimi | Persian: باقر عظیمی | [1] | Reza Shah | Okada Keisuke | May 1, 1937 | 1316 |
May 1, 1937 | 1316 | Ali-Mohammad Saybani | Persian: علیمحمد شیبانی | Reza Shah | Hayashi Senjūrō | November 1, 1938 | 1317 | |
1939 | 1317 | Mahmoud Bahadori | Persian: محمود بهادری | From 1316 to 1319, Iran did not have a minister in Japan. On December 25, 1318, the National Salvation Council approved a friendly treaty between the governments of Iran and Japan. Japan was Hitler's German ally. | Reza Shah | Hiranuma Kiichirō | 1941 | 1319 |
March 1, 1941 | 1319 | Abolqasem Najm | Persian: ابوالقاسم نجم | 25 August to 17 September 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran | Reza Shah | Yonai Mitsumasa | May 1, 1943 | 1321 |
January 28, 1945 | 1323 | On January 28, 1945 occupied Iran declared war on Japan under pressure from Britain and Russia. Ali Soheili ordered the interruption of his diplomatic relation with the Japanese government and summoned Abolqasem Najm to Tehran. This breakup continued until March 1, 1955. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Shidehara Kijūrō | 1954 | 1332 | ||
March 1, 1955 | 1333 | Musa Nuri Esfandiari | Persian: موسی نوری اسفندیاری | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hatoyama Ichirō | April 1, 1955 | 1335 | |
1957 | 1335 | Hossein Ghods Nahashi | Persian: حسین قدس نخعی | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Kishi Nobusuke | 1958 | 1336 | |
1958 | 1336 | Abbas Aram | Persian: عباس آرام | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Kishi Nobusuke | 1960 | 1338 | |
1960 | 1338 | Jawad Sadr | Persian: جواد صدر | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ikeda Hayato | 1964 | 1342 | |
1964 | 1342 | Hormoz Qarib | Persian: هرمز قریب | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Satō Eisaku | 1969 | 1347 | |
1969 | 1347 | Nur-al-Din Kia | Persian: فضلالله نورالدین کیا | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Satō Eisaku | 1973 | 1351 | |
July 1, 1976 | 1354 | Abd-al-Hosayn Hamzawi | Persian: عبدالحسین حمزاوی | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Fukuda Takeo | July 1, 1979 | ||
1978 | 1356 | Naser Majd Ardakani | Persian: ناصر مجد اردکانی | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ōhira Masayoshi | 1980 | 1358 | |
1980 | 1358 | Qasem Saleh-ku | Persian: قاسم صالحخو | Abolhassan Banisadr | Suzuki Zenkō | 1981 | ||
1983 | 1361 | Abd-al-Rahim Govahi | Persian: عبدالرحیم گواهی | Ali Khamenei | Nakasone Yasuhiro | 1365 | ||
1987 | 1365 | Mohammad Hossein Adeli | Persian: محمدحسین عادلی | Ali Khamenei | Nakasone Yasuhiro | 1989 | ||
1991 | 1369 | Hossein Kazempour Ardabili | Persian: حسین کاظمپور اردبیلی | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Miyazawa Kiichi | 1373 | ||
1995 | 1373 | Manouchehr Mottaki | Persian: منوچهر متکی | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Murayama Tomiichi | November 1, 2000 | ||
2000 | 1378 | Ali Majedi | Persian: علی ماجدی | Mohammad Khatami | Mori Yoshirō | September 1, 2004 | ||
November 1, 2004 | 1382 | Mohsen Talaii | Persian: محسن طلایی | Mohammad Khatami | Koizumi Jun’ichirō | January 1, 2007 | ||
March 11, 2008 | 1385 | Seyyed Abbas Araghchi | Persian: سید عباس عراقچی | [2] | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Asō Tarō | October 1, 2011 | |
October 1, 2011 | 1389 | Majid Motallebi Shabestari | Persian: مجید مجتهد شبستری | Chargé d'affaires is a brother of Mohammad Mojtahed-Shabestari (1936–) Hojjat al-Islam. The third brother, Ali Ashraf Mojtahed-Shabestari, served as ambassador to Tajikistan, ambassador and assistant to the Permanent Representative Office of Iran at the Geneva office of the United Nations, head of the Foreign Ministry's Finance[3] | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Noda Yoshihiko | September 1, 2012 | |
August 28, 2012 | 1397 | Reza Nazar Ahari | Persian: رضا نظرآهاری | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Noda Yoshihiko | April 1, 1997 | ||
September 11, 2018 | 1397 | Morteza Rahmani-Movahed | Persian: مرتضی رحمانی موحد | Hassan Rouhani | Shinzō Abe |
35°38′53″N 139°43′52″E / 35.648072°N 139.731249°E[4]
See also
References
- ^ Bagher Azimi
- ^ Seyyed Abbas Araghchi
- ^ Majid Motallebi Shabestari
- ^ Ehsan Yar-Shater, Encyclopædia Iranica, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2008, p. 555