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.

1886: 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, Charge 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, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
December 7, 1926 Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah, E.E. and M.P.
October 17, 1931 Yadollah Azodi, Charge 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, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
- May 1936 Legation removed from list
- February 1939 Legation replaced in list
January 25, 1939, Dr. Ali Akbar Daftary, Charge d'Affaires a.i.
January 11, 1940 H. Hadjeb-Davallou, in charge of Legation (NOT Charge 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, Charge 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)
Dr Mehdi Haeri Yazdi (1979 until Iran hostage crisis)
April 7, 1980, Embassy closed - severed diplomatic relations

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