| Ambassador of Iran to Bahrain | |
|---|---|
 Coat of Arms of Iran | |
| Inaugural holder | Majid Mehran |
| Formation | 1970 |
The Iranian ambassador in Manama is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Bahrain.
In 1972 a declaration on the establishment of political relations between the governments was issued at the embassy level in Tehran and Manama.
| Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | Ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of presidents of Iran | Prime Minister of Bahrain | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 1348 | Majid Mehran | Persian : مجید مهران | Chargé d'affaires, Tehran strongly objected to “ill-treatment” of Majid Mehran, Iranian Charge d' Affairs [1] | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | ||
| 1972 | 1350 | Manuchehr Sepahbodi | Persian : منوچهر سپهبدی | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 1977 | 1355 | |
| 1977 | 1355 | Ismail Farboud | Persian : اسماعیل فربود | [2] | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 1980 | 1358 |
| 1979 | 1357 | Mohammad- Jalal Firouznia | Persian : محمدجلال فیروزنیا | On July 1, 2018 he was appointed Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, replacing Mohamad Fathali, whose tenure has come to an end. [3] | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | ||
| 2002 | 1380 | Mohammad Farazmand | Persian : محمد فرازمند | (*January 30, 1962 in Zahedan)
| Mohammad Khatami | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2007 | |
| 2007 | 1385 | Hossein Amir-Abdollahian | Persian : حسین امیرعبداللهیان | [5] | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | ||
| 2011 | 1389 | Mehdi Agha Jafari | Persian : مهدی آقاجعفری | Till June 6, 2010 he was Chargé d'affaires as Iranian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. [6] | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2013 | 1391 |
| June 6, 2010 | 1390 | Morteza Sanubari | Persian : مرتضی صنوبری | Chargé d'affaires, Morteza Senoubari | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2013 | |
| January 14, 2013 | 1391 | Bahrain cut its political ties with Iran. | Hassan Rouhani | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2021 | |||
| October 1, 2015 | 1394 | On the occasion of the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran the diplomatic relations were scaled back to a Chargé d'affaires level. Manama: Bahrain has withdrawn its ambassador to Iran and asked the Iranian Acting Charge d’Affaires to leave the kingdom within 72 hours after he was declared persona non-grata. [7] | Hassan Rouhani | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2021 | |||
| November 29, 2015 | 1392 | Hamid Shafizadeh | Persian : حمید شفیعزاده | Chargé d'affaires [8] | Hassan Rouhani | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2021 | |
| 2016 | 1393 | Mohammad Reza Babaei | Persian : محمدرضا بابایی | Chargé d'affaires The Bahraini government announced an undesirable element. [9] | Hassan Rouhani | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2021 |
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