| Ambassador of Iran to Afghanistan | |
|---|---|
| Persian: سفیر ایران در افغانستان | |
 Coat of Arms of Iran | |
| Inaugural holder | Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari |
| Formation | 1919 |
The Iranian ambassador in Kabul is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Afghanistan.
| Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | Ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of heads of state of Iran | List of heads of state of Afghanistan | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1298 | Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari (fa) | Persian : نصرالله خلعتبری اعتلاءالملک | Ahmad Shah Qajar | Amanullah Khan | |||
| 1926 | 1305 | Mehdi Farrokh (de) | Persian : مهدی فرخ | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Amanullah Khan | |||
| 1927 | 1306 | Abdolmohmed Moadab os-Sultan | Persian : عبدالمحمد مؤدب‌السلطان | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Amanullah Khan | |||
| 1928 | 1307 | Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari | Persian : نصرالله خلعتبری | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Amanullah Khan | |||
| 1932 | 1311 | Mohammad-Taghi Esfandiari (fa) | Persian : محمدتقی اسفندیاری منتخب‌الملک | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Nadir Shah | 1935 | 1314 | |
| 1933 | 1312 | Mahmoud Salahi | Persian : محمود صلاحی | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1934 | 1313 | |
| 1934 | 1313 | Ali Akbar Bahman (fa) | Persian : علی‌اکبر بهمن | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1938 | 1317 | Bagher Kazemi (de) | Persian : باقر کاظمی | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1939 | 1318 | Ali Soheili | Persian : علی سهیلی | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1940 | 1319 | Hossein Sami'i | Persian : حسین سمیعی ادیب‌السلطنه | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1943 | 1322 | Abolqasem Najm | Persian : ابوالقاسم نجم | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1946 | 1324 | Hassan-Ali Kamal Hedayat Nasr ol-Molk (fa) | Persian : حسنعلی کمال هدایت نصرالملک | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1948 | 1327 | |
| 1949 | 1328 | Abdol-Hossein Masoud Ansari (fa) | Persian : عبدالحسین مسعود انصاری | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1951 | 1330 | Mahmoud Salahi | Persian : محمود صلاحی | SALAHI, Mahmud : B. 1892 ; P. Retired Diplomat ; F. Belong to an old pious family of Tehran , who SALAHSHUR held high … Held the Following positions:- Consul - General of Iran at Harat ; Consul at Mosul ; consul at Baghdad ;
Iranian ambassador to Iraq Baghdad. Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. [1] [2] | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1951 | 1330 |
| 1952 | 1331 | Mahmud Salahi | Persian : محمود صلاحی | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1955 | 1334 | Mohammad Shayesteh | Persian : محمد شایسته | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1959 | 1338 | Abdol-Amir Rashidi Haeri (fa) | Persian : عبدالامیر رشیدی حائری | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1961 | 1340 | Mohammad Zolfaqari (fa) | Persian : محمد ذوالفقاری | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| 1966 | 1345 | Mahmoud Foroughi (fa) | Persian : محمود فروغی | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | |||
| August 13, 1971 | 1350 | Jahangir Tafazzoli | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1974 | 1353 | ||
| August 13, 1974 | 1353 | Hossein Davoudi | Persian : حسین حسینی داوودی | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Daoud Khan | 1978 | 1357 | |
| August 13, 1978 | 1357 | Pourang Baharlu | Persian : پورنگ بهارلو | Chargé d'affaires (died in 1979) Pourang Baharlu, the Portuguese Republic – l'Ambassadeur d'Iran à Berne, Sion, 24 septembre 1971: Réception de l'Ambassadeur d'Iran à Berne, Sion, 24 septembre ... accompagné du conseiller d'ambassade Monsieur Pourang Baharlou. | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Nur Muhammad Taraki | 1978 | 1357 |
| December 1978 | 1357 | Vahid Majdi | Persian : وحید مجدی | Chargé d'affaires (died in 1979) in English 1230 gmt 5 Oct 79) Amin receives foreign envoys On 6 October President Amin received the outgoing Pakistan Ambassador, Riaz Piracha, and the Iranian charge d'affaires, Vahid Majdi (Kabul home service 1600 gmt 6 Oct 79) [3] | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Nur Muhammad Taraki | 1979 | |
| 1982 | 1361 | Alireza Nikunia | Chargé d'affaires | Ali Khamenei | Babrak Karmal | 1984 | ||
| 1985 | 1364 | Mohammad-Taghi Mohammadi | Persian : محمدتقی حاج‌محمدی | Chargé d'affaires | Ali Khamenei | Babrak Karmal | 1985 | |
| July 1, 1992 | 1371 | Mohammad Hassan Mohieddin Najafi | Persian : محمدحسین محی‌الدین نجفی | [4] | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Burhanuddin Rabbani | September 1, 1992 | 1371 |
| May 13, 1995 | 1374 | Mohammad-Reza Forghani | Persian : محمدرضا فرقانی | 2009 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkmenistan in Ashgabat. | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Burhanuddin Rabbani | ||
| 1998 | 1377 | Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherian Fard | Persian : محمدابراهیم طاهریان‌فرد | 16.10.2018 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkey | Mohammad Khatami | Burhanuddin Rabbani | ||
| 2003 | 1382 | Mohammad-Reza Bahrami | Persian : محمدرضا بهرامی طاقانکی | Mohammad Khatami | Hamid Karzai | September 20, 2007 | 1386 | |
| 2007 | 1386 | Mohammad-Hassan Mohieddin Najafi | Chargé d'affaires Najafi, Mohammad Hasan Mohi-ed-Din | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Hamid Karzai | |||
| 2010 | 1389 | [[Fada-Hossein Maleki (fa) | Persian : فداحسین مالکی | [5] | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Hamid Karzai | 2012 | 1391 |
| May 8, 2012 | 1391 | Abolfazl Zohrevand | Persian : ابوالفضل ظهره‌وند | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Hamid Karzai | 2013 | 1392 | |
| November 1, 2013 | 1392 | Mohammad-Reza Bahrami | Persian : محمدرضا بهرامی طاقانکی | Hassan Rouhani | Hamid Karzai | 2019 | 1398 | |
| December 15, 2019 | 1398 | Bahador Aminian [6] | Persian : بهادر امینیان | Hassan Rouhani | Ashraf Ghani | 2022 | 1401 | |
| December 18, 2022 | 1401 | Hassan Kazemi Qomi | Persian : حسن کاظمی قمی | Ebrahim Raisi | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
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