List of ambassadors of China to Iran
List of representatives

List of ambassadors of China to Iran

Section Title: List of representatives
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Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Chinese language zh:中国驻伊朗大使列表	Observations	Premier of the People's Republic of China	President of Iran	Term end

1937	Li Tieh-tseng	zh:李铁铮	Chiang Kai-shek	Reza Shah	October 4, 1945

June 26, 1946	Zheng Yitong	郑亦同	(* 1904 1974) posted in Sydney	Chiang Kai-shek	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	August 18, 1949

January 1, 1956	Wu Nan-ju	zh:吴南如	(* September 23, 1898 May 12, 1975) 1926: first class legation secretary in London, then employed in the Division of Europe.	Yu Hung-Chun	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	January 1, 1964

January 1, 1964	Shen Yorkson Chin-ting	zh:沈觐鼎	Shen Yorkson Chin-ting (* 1894 in Canton June 2000 in Hawaii) From 1903 to 1921 he studied at the University of Tokyo.	Yen Chia-kan	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	February 1, 1967

February 1, 1967	Liu Tsing-chang	刘荩章	(* 1920 in Sichuan) In 1942 graduated from the Central Political Institute.	Yen Chia-kan	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	October 1, 1970

October 1, 1970	Wu Shih-ying	吴世英	Woo Shih-ying, On November 22, 1960 The Executive Yuan approved the appointments of Woo Shih-ying as ambassador to Cameroon and Togo.	Yen Chia-kan	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	August 1, 1971

March 1, 1972	Chen Xin Ren	zh:陈辛仁	1954-1959: Ambassador in Helsinki. 1975-1978: Ambassador in The Hague. 1978-1981: Ambassador in Manila.	Zhou Enlai	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	November 1, 1974

December 1, 1974	Hao Deqing	zh:郝德青	1954-1961: Ambassador in Budapest. 1961-1965: Ambassador in Pyongyang. 1971-1972: Ambassador in Oslo. 1972-1974: Ambassador in The Hague.	Zhou Enlai	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	January 1, 1977

May 1, 1977	Jiao Ruoyu	zh:焦若愚	1965-1970: Ambassador in Pyongyang. 1971-1977: Ambassador in Lima.	Hua Guofeng	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi	August 1, 1979

April 1, 1980	Zhuang Yan	zh:庄焰	1976-1979: Ambassador in Dhaka. 1983-1985 Ambassador in Athens.	Zhao Ziyang	Abulhassan Banisadr	December 1, 1982

March 1, 1983	Fan Zuokai	zh:樊作楷	1970-1975: Ambassador in Mogadishu. 1975-1978: Ambassador in Bamako.	Zhao Ziyang	Ali Khamenei	January 1, 1986

March 1, 1986	Wang Benzuo	zh:王本祚	1983-1985: Ambassador to Sofia	Zhao Ziyang	Ali Khamenei	June 1, 1991

March 1, 1991	Hua Liming	zh:华黎明	1996: Ambassador in Abu Dhabi	Li Peng	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	October 1, 1995

August 1, 1995	Wang Shijie (PRC diplomat)	zh:王世杰 (中华人民共和国)	1990-1993: Ambassador in Manama. 1993-1996: Ambassador in Amman. 2002 April 2006: China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue.	Li Peng	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	June 1, 1999

April 1, 1999	Sun Bigan	zh:孙必干	April 2006 – 2009: en: China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue	Zhu Rongji	Mohammad Khatami	October 1, 2002

June 1, 2002	Liu Zhentang	zh:刘振堂	Zhu Rongji	Mohammad Khatami	November 1, 2007

November 1, 2007	Xie Xiaoyan	zh:解晓岩	Wen Jiabao	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	July 1, 2010

July 1, 2010	Yu Hongyang	zh:郁红阳	Wen Jiabao	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	April 1, 2014

May 1, 2014	Pang Sen	庞森	Li Keqiang	Hassan Rohani

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In April 1980, China appointed Zhuang Yan as its Ambassador to Iran.

final_sentence: In April 1980, China appointed Zhuang Yan as its Ambassador to Iran.