# List of ambassadors of Iran to the United States

This is a list of ambassadors of Iran to the United States.
On April 7, 1980, the Iranian embassy in Washington, DC closed due to severed diplomatic relations. 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.
List of ambassadors of Iran to the United States :
| Image | Start date | End date | Name | Role | Notes |
| | 1888 | 1889 | Hossein-Gholi Khan Noori (also known as Haji Washington) | Envoy extraordinary (E.E.) and minister plenipotentiary (M.P.) | |
| | 17 May 1897 | August 1897 | Mirza Alinaghi Khan | Ambassador Extraordinary on Special Mission | |
| | 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. February 24, 1905, E.E. and M.P. (Minister removed from September 1911 List) |
| | 31 August 1910 | | Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan Zarabi (Ali Quli Nabil-Al-Dawla kashi) | Chargé d'affaires (not ad interim) | |
| | 17 March 1914 | | Mehdi Khan [fa], | E.E. and M.P. | |
| | 25 April 1918 | | Mirza Ali-Gholi Khan ‌Zarabi | Chargés d'affaires ad 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'affaires ad interim | |
| Mirza Davoud Khan Meftah | 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 |
| | 14 January 1936 | | Hossein Ghods | Chargés d'affaires ad interim | Chargé d'Affaires a.i. May 1936 Legation removed from list February 1939 Legation replaced in list |
| | 25 January 1939 | | Ali Akbar Daftary | Chargés d'affaires ad 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.) November 29, 1945, Legation raised to embassy |
| | 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'affaires ad 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) In February 1979, Shahriar Rouhani took over the revolutionary embassy and controlled it at least until April 1979 Ali Asgar Agah was in charge as the Minister Counselor and Chargé d'affaires as of June 1979 |
| | 1979 | | Mehdi Haeri Yazdi | | 1979, until Iran hostage crisis. On April 7, 1980, the embassy closed due to severed diplomatic relations. |