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List of ambassadors of Iran to Saudi Arabia

Coordinates: 21°33′05″N 39°10′31″E / 21.551480°N 39.175183°E / 21.551480; 39.175183
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Ambassador of Iran to Saudi Arabia
Coat of Arms of Iran
since September 6, 2023
Inaugural holderHabibullah Khan Hoveida [de]
Formation1930
Abolishedbetween January 3, 2016 to September 6, 2023

The Iranian ambassador in Riyadh is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Saudi Arabia.

The head of the Iranian Interests Section in the Consulate of Switzerland in Jeddah represents the Iranian interests in Saudi Arabia.

List of representatives

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Diplomatic accreditation Diplomatic accreditation Iranian calendars Ambassador Persian language Observations List of presidents of Iran King of Saudi Arabia Term end Term end Iranian calendars
1934 1312 Till 1934 the Iranian ambassador to Egypt in Cairo was accredited in Jedda Saudi Arabia. Reza Shah Ibn Saud
December 15, 1929 1307 Habibullah Khan Hoveida [de] Persian: حبیب‌الله عین‌الملک Date of Establishment: 1930 Iranian consul general in Damascus, Habibullah Khan 'Ayn al-Mulk Huwayda, Habibullah Ein-ol-Molk was Iran's ambassador to Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries who lived in Hejaz (Saudi Arabia), Lebanon and Jordan, and was once the head of the Baha'i Faith for many years. He was familiar with Laurence of Saudi Arabia and was familiar with the formation of the Saudi monarchy.[2] Reza Shah Ibn Saud 1934 1312
1929 1307 Habibollah Khan Hoveida was the father of Amir Abbas Hoveida who served as Prime Minister of Iran for 13 years during the reign of Mohammad Riza Shah Pahlavi Mirza Habibullah Khan Hoveida was the representative whom Persia sent to the Hejaz on a special mission in the Reza Shah Ibn Saud
1929 1307 Mirza Habibullah Khan Al-Reza or Abdul Malik was elected as Iran's ... one of the motives of Mirza Habibullah Khan, who later used Hoveyda name for himself, Reza Shah Ibn Saud
1934 1312 Mohammad Ali Moghadam Persian: محمدعلی مقدم Abd al-Aziz Ibn Saud was displeased with Persia's reluctance to recognize his government, and he reacted to it in August 1927, by asking for the transfer of the Persian consul in Jeddah, Mohammad Ali Moghadam.[3] Reza Shah Ibn Saud 1936 1314
1936 1314 The Iranian ambassador to Egypt was concurrently accredited in Jedda. Reza Shah Ibn Saud 1944 1314
1943 1321 In 1943, a fight broke out between Iranian pilgrims en route to Makkah and local residents who objected to the Iranian caravan's morning call for prayers (Adhan), which bears witness to imam Ali being the prophet's rightful successor.[4] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud
1943 1321 In December 1943, an Iranian citizen, Abu Taleb Yazidi was arrested and beheaded after a local judge in Makkah passed a verdict charging him with a crime on the extremely sacred remissions of the Masjid Al Haram, where the kaaba is located. According to an Iranian diplomat, Egyptian pilgrims testified that the Iranian pilgrim became nauseous, vomited in his garb, and then supposedly attempted to throw it at the Kaaba - when, in fact, he had only lifted his garb to avoid polluting the grounds of the Masjid Al Haram.[5] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud
1943 1321 Despite official objections to the verdict by the Egyptian embassy representing Iran's interests in Saudi Arabia after the incident, and despite Egypt's subsequent attempts to issue a tripartite statement to resolve the misunderstanding, the local judge held up the testimony of the Egyptian pilgrims. (The decision may have been influenced by the archaic belief that Shi'is were responsible for smearing excrement on the Black Stone of the Kaaba, an act of desecration dating to the seventeenth century.)[6] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud
1944 1322 1944 to 1948 interruption of diplomatic relations. In the second incident, the Saudi religious police arrested an Iranian pilgrim (Hajji Abu Talib al-Yazdi) inside the Great Mosque in Makkah for throwing excrement at the Kaaba. He was arrested, tried, found guilty, and beheaded in accordance[7] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud 1948 1326
1948 1326 For the third time Iranian ambassador to Egypt is acting in Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud
1949 1327 Abdol-Hossein Sadiq-Esfandiari [de] Persian: عبدالحسین صدیق اسفندیاری 1895-1986 Abd al-Hassein Sadig Isandiari, These were restored four years later and the first resident Iranian ambassador, Abdul Husain Siddiq Isfandiari arrived in Jeddah in 1949. Prince (later King) Faisal visited Tehran in 1932 followed by a state visit by King Saud in 1955 and by[8] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud 1950 1328
1952 1330 Mozaffar Alam Persian: مظفر اعلم Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Ibn Saud 1955 1332
August 15, 1954 1332 Hossein Diba [de] Persian: حسین دیبا (وزیر مختار) [9] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Saud of Saudi Arabia 1956
July 7, 1954 1332 Mahmoud Salahi Persian: محمود صلاحی Ambassador, 1939: Consulate affairs The Imperial Iranian Consul General in Hamburg, Mahmoud Salahi, was granted the exequatur on February 1, 1939, under the name of the Reich,[10] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Saud of Saudi Arabia
1957 1335 Ziauddin Gharib Persian: ضیاءالدین قریب Zia al-Din Qarib [11] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Saud of Saudi Arabia 1960 1341
1961 1339 Afrasiab Navai Persian: افراسیاب نوایی [12] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Saud of Saudi Arabia 1963 1341
1963 1341 Ali Asemi Persian: : علی عاصمی Chargé d'affaires in Jeddah, From 1966 to 1968 he was Iranian ambassador to Syria[13] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Saud of Saudi Arabia 1963
1966 1344 Mohammad Hossein Mashayekh Faridani Persian: محمدحسین مشایخ فریدنی 1963 he was ambassador in Bagdad[14] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Faisal of Saudi Arabia
1971 1349 Muhammad Ghavam Persian: سعید عرب Saudi Arabia: Muhammad Ghavam, Jeddah (A).[15] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Faisal of Saudi Arabia 1972
1972 1350 Ahmad Jaafar Raed [de] Persian: جعفر رائد In 1972 Jafar Raed, the Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, approached the Palestinian leader. The Shah also raised the matter at the Morocco Islamic summit. Arafat was reported to have been in Tehran on at least two occasions in the early[16] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Faisal of Saudi Arabia April 1, 1979 1357
February 1, 1979 1356 Iranian Revolution Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Khalid of Saudi Arabia
1983 1361 Fakhri Persian: فخری Riyadh's alliance with Saddam Hussein during the Iran—Iraq War of 1980—88 came about not so much because common interests had emerged as because Saudis fear of an Iranian Revolution. Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia
1983 1361 Alaeddin Boroujerdi Persian: علاءالدین بروجردی Chargé d'affaires Ala'Uddin Brugerdi, Embassy of Iran 116 Medina Rd., Jeddah Ala'Uddin Brugerdi Embassy of[17] Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia 1984
1983 1361 AbulFadl Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia
1983 1361 Hussein Sadeqi [de] Persian: حسین صادقی (دیپلمات) Chargé d'affaires Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia
July 30, 1984 1362 Mojtaba Hashemi [de] Persian: سید مجتبی هاشمی 1984 PRINCE SAUD MEETS IRANIAN CHARGE' JEDDAH-spa- Prince Saud al-Faisal, Foreign Minister, received here Sunday the Iranian charge d'affaires to the Kingdom Mr. Mahabati Hashimi. (All Papers) Mon. July 30, 84 Seyyed Mojtaba Hashemi (November 13, 1919, in Tehran, Tehran), the first commander of the Central Revolutionary Committee of Tehran, and commander of the Islamic Fadaiyan group during the Iran-Iraq war. He was finally assassinated by members of the Mojahedin Khalq Organization on May 28, 1985, in Wahdat-e-Islami (formerly Shapur) Street, Tehran. Mojtaba Hashemi Samareh, Iranian ambassador to the IAEA,[18] Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia
1987 1365 Parviz Afshari Persian: پرویز افشاری 1987 Mecca incident, But the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Iranian Embassy in Riyadh, Parviz Afshari, complained a heavy police guard was still Aug 18, 1987 - But the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Iranian Embassy in Riyadh, Parviz Afshari, complained a heavy police guard was still stationed around his embassy premises. He also claimed that the Iranian consulate in Jidda was[19] Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia 1988 1366
April 26, 1988 1366 Diplomatic relations broken Riyadh severed diplomatic relations on 26 April 1988 (MEED 6:5:88, Saudi Arabia).[20] Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia
June 5, 1988 1366 In February 1989, Rafsanjani said that Iran and Saudi Arabia were holding indirect talks to resume relations.. Interrupting relations from 6 May 1988 to in the July 31 clashes between Iranian pilgrims and Saudi security forces in the holy city of Mecca in which hundreds of Moslems were killed Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia 1991 1369
June 5, 1988 1366 The Turkish embassy is waiting for approval from Riyadh to look after Iran's interests in the kingdom, following the 26 April break in diplomatic relations (MEED 6:5:88). Since the rupture, Iran has accused the kingdom of sending a spy to Iran Ali Khamenei Fahd of Saudi Arabia
June 5, 1988 1367 Ayatollah Khomeini died on 3 June 1989 funeral of Rummala Comeini Saudi did not send an emissary, 5–6 June 1989 Death and state funeral of Ruhollah Khomeini Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Fahd of Saudi Arabia
1992 1370 Mohammad Ali Najafabadi [de] Persian: محمدعلی هادی نجف‌آبادی Hadi Najafabadi, an MP who later became Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia Mohammad Ali Hadi Najafabadi is an Iranian cleric and politician. During his stay in Ayatollah Khomeini's residence in Paris, he was translating his speeches into Arabic, and after the revolution, he was the representative of the first and second sessions of the Islamic Consultative Assembly from Tehran, and later Iran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and the Deputy Foreign Minister's Consular and Parliamentary At the time of the Ministry of Commerce Kharazi. During his visit to Iran, President McFarlin's visit to Iran in 1365, accompanied by Hassan Rouhani and Fereydoun Verdinejad, Hadi participated in secret discussions with him. [3] His remarks in the early 1970s about Iran and Saudi Arabia's similarities to the two wings of the Islamic world were criticized. In Iran's political circles Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Fahd of Saudi Arabia
1994 1372 Mohammad Hosein Taromi-Rad [de] Persian: محمدحسین طارمی Hassan Taromi-Rad, Mohammad Hosein Taromi-rad Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Fahd of Saudi Arabia 1995
September 1, 1995 1373 Mohammad Reza Nouri Shahroudi [de] Persian: محمدرضا نوری شاهرودی Mohammad Reza Nouri Shahrudi Hojatoleslam Mohammad-. Reza Nouri Shahroudi Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Fahd of Saudi Arabia January 1, 1998
September 13, 2000 1383 Ali Asghar Khaji [de] Persian: علی اصغر خجی Iran's ambassador to the European Union Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Fahd of Saudi Arabia 2004
2004 1384 Hussein Sadeqi [de] Persian: حسین صادقی (دیپلمات) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Fahd of Saudi Arabia November 27, 2006
November 27, 2006 1384 Mohammad Hosseini (diplomat) [de] Persian: محمد حسینی Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Abdullah of Saudi Arabia 2008
2008 1386 Mohammad Javad Rasouli Mahallaty [de] Persian: محمد جواد رسولی محلاتی Javad Rasouli 1996-2005 he was consul general in Bremen Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Abdullah of Saudi Arabia July 23, 2014
August 1, 2014 1392 Hussein Sadeqi [de] Hassan Rouhani Abdullah of Saudi Arabia January 3, 2016 1394
September 24, 2015 1393 2015 Mina stampede Hassan Rouhani Salman of Saudi Arabia 2015
January 3, 2016 1394 On January 2, 2016 Nimr al-Nimr was executed and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Tehran was occupied and burnt the diplomatic relations between the two regimes were cut. Hassan Rouhani Salman of Saudi Arabia
October 25, 2017 1396 The Iranian Interest Section will be located in Jeddah.[21] Hassan Rouhani Salman of Saudi Arabia
September 6, 2023 1402 Alireza Enayati Persian: علیرضا عنایتی The diplomatic relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia reestablished after seven years.[22] Ebrahim Raisi Salman of Saudi Arabia

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Iranian Ambassador Presents Copy of His Credentials in Riyadh - Iran Front Page". 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ Habibullah Khan Hoveida
  3. ^ Mohammad Ali Moghadam
  4. ^ Banafsheh Keynoush, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes?, p. 58
  5. ^ Banafsheh Keynoush, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes?, p. 58
  6. ^ Banafsheh Keynoush, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Friends or Foes?, [1]p. 59
  7. ^ Saeed M. Badeeb, Saudi-Iranian Relations 1932-1982, Centre for Arab and Iranian Studies and Echoes, 1 Jan 1993, 64 p., p. 85
  8. ^ Abdol-Hossein Sadiq-Esfandiari
  9. ^ [2]Hossein Diba
  10. ^ Mahmoud Salahi Embassy + Iran + Saudi + Saudi + Rijal Database, Iranian Embassy Section in Saudi Arabia
  11. ^ [3]Ziauddin Gharib
  12. ^ Afrasiab Navai
  13. ^ Ali Asemi
  14. ^ Mohammad Hossein Mashayekh Faridani
  15. ^ Muhammad Ghavam
  16. ^ Ahmad Jaafar Raed
  17. ^ Alaeddin Boroujerdi
  18. ^ Mojtaba Hashemi|de
  19. ^ [4]Parviz Afshari
  20. ^ Central Intelligence Agency, Directory of Iranian Officials: A Reference Aid, 1989, [5]
  21. ^ What Does Switzerland Have to do With Iran-Saudi Relations?
  22. ^ "Iran and Saudi Arabia to renew ties after seven-year rift". BBC News. 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  23. ^ King Saud first extended an oral invitation via the Iranian Ambassador to Egypt during their meeting in Jeddah on 24 April 1956. 32 On 25 October he followed this up with a formal written invitation. During the six-day visit, which began on 12, Saeed M. Badeeb, Saudi-Iranian Relations 1932-1982, 1993 p. 54; Saudi-Iran Rivalry April 9, 2018, [6]
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