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This is a list of ambassadors of Iran to the United States .
On April 7, 1980, the Iran embassy closed in the United States due to severed diplomatic relations. [1] 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.
Image | Start date | End date | Name | Role | Notes |
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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.
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31 August 1910 | Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan | Chargé d'affaires (not ad interim) | |||
17 March 1914 | Mehdi Khan , | E.E. and M.P. | |||
25 April 1918 | Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan | Chargés d'affairesad 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'affairesad interim | |||
![]() | 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'affairesad interim | Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
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25 January 1939 | Ali Akbar Daftary | Chargés d'affairesad 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.)
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![]() | 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'affairesad 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)
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1979 | Mehdi Haeri Yazdi | 1979, until Iran hostage crisis. On April 7, 1980, the embassy closed due to severed diplomatic relations. |
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