| Ambassador of Iran to Australia | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms of Iran | |
| Inaugural holder | Bahman Ahanin |
| Formation | December 17, 1970 |
The Iranian ambassador in Canberra is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Australia.
| Ambassador of Iran to Australia | |
|---|---|
| Coat of Arms of Iran | |
| Inaugural holder | Bahman Ahanin |
| Formation | December 17, 1970 |
The Iranian ambassador in Canberra is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Australia.
| Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | Ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of heads of state of Iran | List of prime ministers of Australia | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 17, 1970 | 1349 | Bahman Ahanin | Persian : بهمن آهنین | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | John Gorton | March 1, 1973 | 1351 | |
| December 17, 1970 | 1349 | Hossein Eshraghi | Persian : حسین اشراقی | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Gough Whitlam | December 1, 1975 | 1354 | |
| December 1, 1975 | 1354 | Ali-Reza Heravi | Persian : علیرضا هروی | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Malcolm Fraser | October 1, 1977 | 1356 | |
| October 1, 1977 | 1356 | Khosrow Akmal | Persian : خسرو اکمل | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Malcolm Fraser | January 1, 1979 | 1357 | |
| January 1, 1979 | 1357 | Ehsanollah Mir-Saeid Qazi | Persian : احسان‌الله میرسعید قاضی | Chargé d'Affaires | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Malcolm Fraser | June 1, 1979 | 1358 |
| January 1, 1979 | 1357 | Mohammad Nakhaei Menhaj | Persian : محمد نخعی منهاج | Mehdi Bazargan | Malcolm Fraser | |||
| Ahmad Asgharian Jeddi | Persian : احمد اصغریان جدی | Chargé d'Affaires | ||||||
| Mohammad Khodadadi | Persian : محمد خدادادی | Chargé d'Affaires | ||||||
| 1984 | 1363 | Ahmad Attari | Persian : احمد عطاری | Ali Khamenei | Bob Hawke | 1987 | 1366 | |
| 1987 | 1366 | Mehdi Khandaghabadi | Persian : مهدی خندق‌آبادی | Ali Khamenei | Bob Hawke | 1990 | 1369 | |
| 1990 | 1369 | Mohammad-Hassan Ghadiri Abyaneh (fa) | Persian : محمدحسن قدیری ابیانه | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Bob Hawke | 1992 | 1371 | |
| Mohammad Rouhisefat | Persian : محمد روحی‌صفت | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Paul Keating | 1999 | 1378 | |||
| 1999 | 1378 | Gholamali Khoshrou (fa) | Persian : غلامعلی خوشرو | Mohammad Khatami | John Howard | 2002 | 1381 | |
| 2002 | 1381 | Hamid Aboutalebi | Persian : حمید ابوطالبی | Mohammad Khatami | John Howard | 2006 | 1385 | |
| 2006 | 1385 | Mahmoud Movahhedi | Persian : محمود موحدی | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | John Howard | 2009 | 1388 | |
| December 21, 2009 | 1388 | Mahmoud Babaei | Persian : محمود بابایی | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Kevin Rudd | 2014 | 1393 | |
| August 20, 2014 | 1393 | Abdolhossein Vahhaji | Persian : عبدالحسین وهاجی | Hassan Rouhani | Tony Abbott | August 20, 2018 | 1397 | |
| August 29, 2018 | 1397 | Fereidoun Haghbin (fa) | Persian : فریدون حق‌بین | Hassan Rouhani | Malcolm Turnbull | July 27, 2023 | 1402 | |
| July 27, 2023 | 1402 | Ahmad Sadeghi (fa) | Persian : احمد صادقی | Ebrahim Raisi | Anthony Albanese |
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