List of Iranian Ambassadors to the United States

Former Iranian Embassy in Washington D.C..

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

See also

• Pictures of the former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D. C.
• List of current Iranian ambassadors
• Iran–United States relations