# List of ambassadors of Iran to Iraq

The Iranian ambassador in Baghdad is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Iraq.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | Ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of presidents of Iran | List of prime ministers of Iraq | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
| 1931 | 1309 | Hassan Ali Kamal Hedayat | Persian: حسنعلی کمال هدایت | Hassan Ali Kamal Hedayat | Reza Shah | Nuri al-Said | 1929 | 1307 |
| 1931 | 1309 | Taqi Nabavi | Persian: تقی نبوی | Muazziz-ud-Dauleb, Mohammed Taqi Nabavi (Moazid-ud-Dowleh) (F.O. 150; M.A. 188) to be Persian Minister to Czechoslovakia. He is father-in-law to Abul Hasan Ibtehaj, Governor of the Banque-i-Milli. | Reza Shah | Nuri al-Said | 1933 | 1311 |
| 1933 | 1311 | Bagher Kazemi | Persian: باقر کاظمی | | Reza Shah | Jamil al-Midfai | 1934 | 1312 |
| 1934 | 1312 | Anajat-ollah Samii | Persian: عنایت‌الله سمیعی | Enayatollah Sami'i, From February 1932 to 1934 he was Iranian ambassador to Germany. The new Persian Minister to Iraq, Sami Khan, arrived in Baghdad in December from Berlin, where he has been Persian Minister for a few years. Sami Khan was Persian Minister in Iraq in 1928, when the first Iraqi-Persian treaty was signed. | Reza Shah | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi | 1937 | 1315 |
| 1937 | 1315 | Mozaffar Alam | Persian: مظفر اعلم | | Reza Shah | Jamil al-Midfai | 1939 | 1317 |
| 1941 | 1319 | Abol Qassem Nadschm [de] | Persian: ابوالقاسم نجم | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Jamil al-Midfai | 1941 | 1319 |
| 1942 | 1320 | Musa Nuri Esfandiari | Persian: موسی نوری اسفندیاری | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nuri al-Said | 1944 | 1322 |
| 1944 | 1322 | Mohsen Rais | Persian: محسن رئیس | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hamdi al-Pachachi | 1948 | 1326 |
| 1949 | 1327 | Mohammad Shayesteh | Persian: محمد شایسته | From February 7, 1940 /February 13, 1940 to November 19, 1945 he was Iranian ambassador to the United States | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Muzahim al-Pachachi | 1951 | 1329 |
| 1951 | 1329 | Mahmud Salahi | Persian: محمود صلاحی | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nuri al-Said | 1952 | 1330 |
| 1952 | 1330 | Hossein Ghods-Nakhai | Persian: حسین قدس نخعی | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Mustafa Mahmud al-Umari | 1953 | 1331 |
| 1954 | 1332 | Mozaffar Alam | Persian: مظفر اعلم | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nuri al-Said | 1954 | 1332 |
| 1954 | 1332 | Hossein Ghods-Nakhai | Persian: حسین قدس نخعی | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nuri al-Said | 1957 | 1335 |
| 1957 | 1335 | Nader Batmanghelidj | Persian: نادر باتمانقلیچ | Major General | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi | 1959 | 1337 |
| 1959 | 1337 | Amanullah Ardalan | Persian: برادران اردلان | Ardalan, Amanullah (Haji Izz-uI-Mamalik) Born about 1888. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Abd al-Karim Qasim | 1961 | 1339 |
| 1961 | 1339 | Yadollah Azodi | Persian: یدالله عضدی | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Abd al-Karim Qasim | 1961 | 1339 |
| 1961 | 1339 | Abbas Aram | Persian: غلام‌عباس آرام | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Abd al-Karim Qasim | 1963 | 1341 |
| 1963 | 1341 | Mohammad Hossein Mashayekh Faridani | Persian: محمدحسین مشایخ فریدنی | Doctor In 1961 he was Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | 1965 | 1343 |
| 1965 | 1343 | Seid-Mehdi Pirasteh | Persian: سید مهدی پیراسته | 1962-1972 he was Iranian ambassador to Belgium | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz | 1968 | 1346 |
| 1968 | 1346 | Ezatullah Ameli | Persian: عزت‌الله عاملی | Jan 24, 1970 - TEHRAN The Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Ezatullah Ameli, who was asked to leave the country immediately by the Government of Iraq, arrived in Tehran from Baghdad by plane the night before. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | January 24, 1970 | 1348 |
| 1970 | 1348 | Majid Mehran | Persian: مجید کامران | Chargé d'affaires | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | 1972 | 1350 |
| 1974 | 1352 | Hossein Shahidzadeh | Persian: حسین شهیدزاده | (* 1922 in Qom Diplomat and Painter. Graduated from the Tehran University, Doctorate in Political science from the University of Neuchâtel. Fifth Political Department in Foreign Ministry (1971–74); Promote in the Rank of Ambassador in 1972; Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad (1974); Painter of the religious subjects (Exhibition, November 1973, Tehran) | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr | 1977 | 1355 |
| 1977 | 1355 | Mir Sadegh Sadrieh | Persian: میرصادق صدریه | Sadegh Sadrieh (Persian: میرصادق صدریه; (2 February 1925 – 5 November 2009) was a prominent Iranian politician and diplomat who served as Foreign Ministry Office Counselor and as Ambassador during the Pahlavi era | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr | 1979 | 1357 |
| 1979 | 1357 | Fereydoun Adamyat | Persian: فریدون زندفرد | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Saddam Hussein | 1979 | 1357 |
| 1979 | 1357 | Seyyed Mahmoud Doaei | Persian: سید محمود دعایی | Chargé d'affaires | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Saddam Hussein | 1981 | 1359 |
| September 22, 1980 | 1358 | | | Interruption of the diplomatic relation due to the Iran–Iraq War, the Protecting power was Turkey | Abolhassan Banisadr | Saddam Hussein | August 20, 1988 | 1366 |
| October 1, 1988 | 1366 | | | Coalition Provisional Authority | Ali Khamenei | Saddam Hussein | | |
| 2005 | 1385 | Hassan Kazemi Qomi | Persian: حسن کاظمی قمی | | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Ibrahim al-Dschafari | 2010 | 1389 |
| 2017 | 1389 | Hassan Danaeifar | Persian: حسن دانایی‌فر | | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Nouri al-Maliki | 2017 | 1395 |
| April 18, 2017 | 1395 | Iraj Masjedi | Persian: ایرج مسجدی | | Hassan Rouhani | Haider al-Abadi | April 11, 2022 | 1401 |
| May 17, 2022 | 1401 | Mohammad-Kazem Al-e Sadegh | Persian: محمدکاظم آل صادق | | Ebrahim Raisi | Mustafa Al-Kadhimi | | |
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