# List of ambassadors of Iran to Syria

The Iranian ambassador in Damascus is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Syria.
The Qajar dynasty has had a consulate in Damascus before Proclamation of Arab Kingdom of Syria, on March 8, 1920.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | Ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of presidents of Iran | List of presidents of Syria | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
| 1921 | 1299 | Habibullah Khan Hoveida [de] | Persian: حبیب‌الله عین‌الملک | | Ahmad Shah Qajar | Faisal I of Iraq | | |
| September 21, 1944 | 1322 | Masoud Moazed | Persian: مسعود معاضد | Diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Iran begin on September 21, 1944, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs receives Massoud Moazed, the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister, at the Petit Serail. Les relations diplomatiques entre le Liban et l'Iran s'ouvrent, le 21 septembre 1944, au moment où le ministre des AE reçoit, au Petit Sérail, Massoud Moazed, l'Envoyé extraordinaire et ministre plénipotentiaire d'Iran. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Shukri al-Quwatli | | |
| 1953 | 1331 | Masoud Moazed | Persian: مسعود معاضد | († 1970 in Tehran) Minister to Syria and Lebanon, during the Qajar dynasty entitled Mojahed al-Mulk, was one of Iranian diplomats and politicians in the late Qajar and early days of the Pahlavi era. In 1937 he was Consul General in Herat (Herat Province) in Afghanistan. From 1952 to 1953 he was Iranian ambassador to Egypt, which coincided with the Egyptian revolution of 1952. He is buried at the Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Adib Shishakli | | |
| 1950 | 1328 | Morteza Moshfegh Kazemi | Persian: مرتضی مشفق کاظمی | envoy Mortażā Mošfeq-e Kāẓemi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hashim al-Atassi | 1954 | 1332 |
| 1954 | 1332 | Abdol-Rahim Mir-Fendereski | | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hashim al-Atassi | May 1, 1954 | |
| February 1, 1958 | 1336 | | | The Iranian embassy in Damascus Syria became a consulate during the United Arab Republic, after the Syrian separation on 1961 Syrian coup d'état, the Iranian delegation with the royal Embassy was reopened in Damascus. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Gamal Abdel Nasser | September 28, 1961 | |
| September 28, 1961 | 1339 | Fereydoun Diba [de] | Persian: حسین دیبا | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nazim al-Kudsi | November 16, 1965 | |
| June 20, 1966 | 1341 | Mahmoud Malayeri | Persian: محمود ملایری | | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nureddin al-Atassi | 1967 | 1342 |
| 1966 | 1344 | Ali Asemi | Persian: علی عاصمی | Chargé d'affaires. In November 1962 he was Chargé d'affaires of the Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Jedda. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nureddin al-Atassi | 1968 | 1346 |
| 1968 | 1346 | Ardeshir Noorzar | Persian: اردشیر نورآذر | Chargé d'affaires | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Nureddin al-Atassi | 1973 | 1351 |
| 1973 | 1351 | Hossein Montazam | Persian: حسین منتظم | Chargé d'affaires, (* 1926) Diplomat. Master of Arts from Geneva University in economic science. In 1953 he joined the State Railways and labour Ministry. in *In 1955 he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. was employed at the Translation and Press Selection; member of Protocol Department; Third Secretary to Imperial Iranian Embassy at the Hague : Third Secretary to Imperial Iranian Embassy in Rome; Second Secretary to Imperial Iranian Legation at Prague. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hafez al-Assad | 1973 | 1352 |
| 1973 | 1352 | Mohammad Poursartip | Persian: محمد پورسرتیپ | Chargé d'affaires (* 1920). In 1959 he was Chargé d'affaires of the Iranian ambassador to Austria. In 1968 he was Chargé d'affaires of the Iranian ambassador to Spain in 1974 he became Irnanian ambassador to Syria. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hafez al-Assad | 1977 | 1357 |
| 1979 | 1357 | Ali Motazed | Persian: علی معتضد | * Maj. Gen. Till the Victory of the Iranian Revolution Brigadier-General Ali Motazed, Deputy of SAVAK and later Iran's Ambassador to Syria prior to the victory of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, was in close touch with Shahpour J. (1924) MI 6. | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hafez al-Assad | February 1, 1979 | 1357 |
| February 1, 1979 | 1357 | Abdul Rahim Gawahi | Persian: ابراهیم قلعه‌بیگی | Chargé d'affaires Abdolrahim Gavahi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Hafez al-Assad | September 1, 1979 | 1358 |
| 1982 | 1360 | Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur | Persian: سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور | | Ali Khamenei | Hafez al-Assad | 1986 | 1364 |
| 1986 | 1364 | Muhammad Hassan Akhtari | Persian: محمدحسن اختری | | Ali Khamenei | Hafez al-Assad | 1998 | 1377 |
| 1999 | 1377 | Hossein Sheikholeslam | Persian: حسین شیخ‌الاسلام | | Mohammad Khatami | Hafez al-Assad | 2004 | 1382 |
| 2004 | 1382 | Mohammad Reza Bagheri | Persian: محمدرضا باقری | Iranian ambassador to Turkey | Mohammad Khatami | Bashar al-Assad | 2006 | 1384 |
| December 1, 2005 | 1383 | Muhammad Hassan Akhtari | Persian: محمدحسن اختری | Hotjatoleslam Muhammad Hossan Anhtari, After serving for 12 years as Iran's ambassador to Damascus starting from 1986, Mohamad Hassan Akhtari has just taken up the same post he left in 1998. | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Bashar al-Assad | October 9, 2007 | 1386 |
| 2008 | 1386 | Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi | Persian: سید احمد موسوی (سیاستمدار) | MP Ahmad Mousavi (born in Shahrestan)] was a member of the Ahwaz constituency during the seventh parliamentary term Deputy Minister and Chief of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization (Iran). Iran's Special Ambassador to Syria | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Bashar al-Assad | 2012 | 1390 |
| 2011 | 1390 | Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani | Persian: محمدرضا رئوف شیبانی | Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani]] October 2011 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Bashar al-Assad | 2017 | 1396 |
| April 27, 2017 | 1396 | Javad Torkabadi | Persian: جواد ترک‌آبادی | Javad Turkabadi]] In 2012 he was Iranian ambassador to Bahrain | Hassan Rouhani | Bashar al-Assad | 2021 | 1400 |
| May 10, 2021 | 1400 | Mehdi Sobhani | Persian: مهدی سبحانی | | Hassan Rouhani | Bashar al-Assad | 2023 | 1402 |
| April 26, 2023 | 1402 | Hossein Akbari | Persian: حسین اکبری | | Ebrahim Raisi | Bashar al-Assad | 2024 | 1403 |
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