# List of ambassadors of Iran to Bahrain

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.

## List of representatives

| 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 | 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 | | 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. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | | |
| 2002 | 1380 | Mohammad Farazmand | Persian: محمد فرازمند | (*January 30, 1962 in Zahedan) Since February 7, 2019 he is Iranian ambassador to Turkey. He is married and has three children. Since 1987 he is Bachelor of International Relations from the Foreign Ministry’s School of International Relations. Since 2010 he is Master of Philosophy and Mysticism (Irfan from the Tehran Islamic Azad University. He speaks English and Arabic. From 1988 to 1989 he was Political Expert / in the Iraq Desk, Ministry of Foreign Affair. From 1989 to 1990 he was Political Counsellor in Kuwait City. From 1991 to 1997 he was Deputy Chief Of Mission in Riyadh. From 1997 to 2002 he headed the Persian Gulf Department. From 2002 to 2007 he was Iranian ambassador to Bahrain. From 2007 to 2014 he was Senior Expert / in the Institute For Political And International Studies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2014 to 2019 he was Assistant to the Foreign Minister and headed the Persian Gulf Department. | Mohammad Khatami | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2007 | |
| 2007 | 1385 | Hossein Amir-Abdollahian | Persian: حسین امیرعبداللهیان | | 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. | 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. | Hassan Rouhani | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2021 | |
| November 29, 2015 | 1392 | Hamid Shafizadeh | Persian: حمید شفیع‌زاده | Chargé d'affaires | 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. | Hassan Rouhani | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa | 2021 | |
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