# List of ambassadors of China to Iran

The Ambassador of China to Iran is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

## List of representatives

| 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. In 1941 he was envoy in Moscow and envoy in the occupied Copenhagen. In 1941 he studied at Columbia University. In 1943 he was Chief of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing. in 1964 he was ambassador in Kuwait City. | Yu Hung-Chun | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | January 1, 1964 |
| January 1, 1964 | Shen Yorkson Chin-ting | zh:沈觐鼎 | From 1903 to 1921 he studied at the University of Tokyo. In October 1934 he was ambassador in Panama City. In 1941 he was employed in San José (Costa Rica) and Envoy in Tegucigalpa, San Salvador. In 1942 he studied in the United States. In 1950 he was ambassador in Havana and Rio de Janeiro. From 1956 to 1959 he was ambassador in Tokyo. In 1960 he was Ambassador in Kinshasa. | 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. On March 19, 1972 he was appointed Consul-General in Boston, where he replaced Ouyang Huang | Yen Chia-kan | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | August 1, 1971 |
| March 1, 1972 | Chen Xinren | 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 | March 2023 |
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