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Role
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1888
1889
Hossein-Gholi Khan Noori (also known as Haji Washington)
Envoy extraordinary (E.E.) and minister plenipotentiary (M.P.)
[ 2]
17 May 1897
August 1897
Mirza Alinaghi Khan
Ambassador Extraordinary on Special Mission
[ 1]
11 December 1900
Isaac Khan (also known as Isaac Khan Mofakhamed Douley)
E.E. and M.P.
June 1904
Morteza Khan
E.E. and M.P.
Appt. E.E. and M.P.
February 24, 1905, E.E. and M.P. (Minister removed from September 1911 List)
31 August 1910
Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan Zarabi (Ali Quli Nabil-Al-Dawla kashi)
Chargé d'affaires (not ad interim)
17 March 1914
Mehdi Khan [fa ] ,
E.E. and M.P.
25 April 1918
Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan Zarabi
Chargés d'affaires ad interim
Nabil-ed-Dovleh
18 June 1919
Mirza Abdul Ali Khan
E.E. and M.P.
Sadigh-es-Saltaneh, Appt. E.E. and M.P. (August 8, 1919, August E.E. and M.P.)
30 August 1921
Hossein Alai
E.E. and M.P.
Appt. E.E. and M.P. (November 15, 1921, E.E. and M.P.)
5 October 1926
Fathollah Khan Noury Esfandiary
Chargés d'affaires ad interim
Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah
7 December 1926
Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah
E.E. and M.P.
17 October 1931
Yadollah Azodi
Chargé d'affaires (not ad interim)
12 June 1933
27 November 1935
Ghaffar Djalal
E.E. and M.P.
Starting in April 1935, country was listed as Iran[ 1]
14 January 1936
Hossein Ghods
Chargés d'affaires ad interim
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
May 1936 Legation removed from list
February 1939 Legation replaced in list
25 January 1939
Ali Akbar Daftary
Chargés d'affaires ad interim
11 January 1940
H. Hadjeb-Davallou
Legation (not Chargé d'affaires )
7 February 1940
Mohammad Schayesteh
E.E. and M.P.
Appt. E.E. and M.P. (February 13, 1940, E.E. and M.P.)
November 29, 1945, Legation raised to embassy
19 November 1945
18 September 1950
Hossein Ala
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary (Amb. E. and P.)
Appt. Amb. E. and P. (November 29, 1945, Amb. E. and P.)
8 September 1950
22 September 1952
Nasrollah Entezam
Amb. E. and P.
Entezam served two terms
18 September 1952
19 August 1953
Allah-Yar Saleh
Amb. E. and P.
28 September 1953
Abbas Aram
Chargés d'affaires ad interim
Ambassador carried as absent
22 October 1953
January 1956
Nasrollah Entezam
Amb. E. and P.
19 January 1956
22 May 1958
Ali Amini
Amb. E. and P.
14 May 1958
16 March 1960
Aligholi Ardalan
Amb. E. and P.
Appt. Amb. E. and P. (May 22, 1958, Amb. E. and P.)
16 March 1960
3 March 1962
Ardeshir Zahedi
Amb. E. and P.
Zahedi served two terms
30 March 1962
Hossein Ghods-Nakhai
Amb. E. and P.
Appt. Amb. E. and P. (April 6, 1962, Amb. E. and P.)
5 April 1963
Mahmoud Foroughi
Amb. E. and P.
Appt. Amb. E. and P. (April 24, 1963, Amb. E. and P.)
11 May 1965
Khosrow Khosrovani
Amb. E. and P.
Appt. Amb. E. and P. (June 7, 1965, Amb. E. and P.)
17 May 1967
1 October 1969
Hushang Ansary
Amb. E. and P.
16 October 1969
7 March 1973
Amir-Aslan Afshar
Amb. E. and P.
7 March 1973
11 February 1979
Ardeshir Zahedi
Amb. E. and P.
(April 9, 1973, Amb. E. and P. until the Iranian Revolution)
In February 1979, Shahriar Rouhani took over the revolutionary embassy and controlled it at least until April 1979[ 3] [ 4]
Ali Asgar Agah was in charge as the Minister Counselor and Chargé d'affaires as of June 1979[ 5]
1979
Mehdi Haeri Yazdi
1979, until Iran hostage crisis. On April 7, 1980, the embassy closed due to severed diplomatic relations.