The Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations is the leader of the delegation of Iran to the United Nations . The position is more formally known as the "Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of Iran in the United Nations Security Council .
The currently ambassador is Gholamali Khoshroo since January 28, 2015.[ 1]
Office-holders [ edit ]
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
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Permanent Representative
Years served
UN Secretary-General
Iranian monarch/head of state
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Hassan Taqizadeh (Head of delegation)
1946–1947
Gladwyn Jebb
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1
Nasrollah Entezam
1947–1950
Trygve Lie
2
Ali-Gholi Ardalan
1950–1955
Trygve Lie , Dag Hammarskjöld
3
Djalal Abdoh
1955–1959
Dag Hammarskjöld
4
Mehdi Vakil
1959–1970
Dag Hammarskjöld , U Thant
5
Fereydoun Hoveyda
1970–1979
U Thant , Kurt Waldheim
-
Jamal Shemirani (Charge d’Affaires a.i.)
1979
Kurt Waldheim
Mehdi Bazargan
6
Mansour Farhang
1979–1980
Kurt Waldheim
Council of the Islamic Revolution , Abolhassan Banisadr
-
Jamal Shemirani (Charge d’Affaires a.i.)
1980
Kurt Waldheim
Abolhassan Banisadr
7
Saeed Rajaee Khorasani
1981–1987
Kurt Waldheim , Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Ali Khamenei
8
Mohammad Ja'afar Mahallati
1987–1988 (Charge d’Affaires a.i.)
1988–1989 (Permanent representative)
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Ali Khamenei , Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
9
Kamal Kharazi
1989–1997
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , Boutros Boutros-Ghali , Kofi Annan
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
10
Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian
1997–2002
Kofi Annan
Mohammad Khatami
11
Mohammad Javad Zarif
2002–2007
Kofi Annan , Ban Ki-moon
Mohammad Khatami , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
12
Mohammad Khazaee
2007–2014
Ban Ki-moon
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Hassan Rouhani
-
Gholamhossein Dehghani (Charge d’Affaires a.i.)
2014–2015
Ban Ki-moon
Hassan Rouhani
13
Gholamali Khoshroo
2015–
Ban Ki-moon
Hassan Rouhani
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