# List of ambassadors of Iran to Afghanistan

The Iranian ambassador in Kabul is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Afghanistan.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic accreditation | Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar | Ambassador | Persian language | Observations | List of heads of state of Iran | List of heads of state of Afghanistan | Term end | Term end Solar Hijri calendar |
| 1919 | 1298 | Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari (fa) | Persian: نصرالله خلعتبری اعتلاءالملک | | Ahmad Shah Qajar | Amanullah Khan | | |
| 1926 | 1305 | Mehdi Farrokh (de) | Persian: مهدی فرخ | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Amanullah Khan | | |
| 1927 | 1306 | Abdolmohmed Moadab os-Sultan | Persian: عبدالمحمد مؤدب‌السلطان | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Amanullah Khan | | |
| 1928 | 1307 | Nasrollah Ehtela ol-Molk Khalatbari | Persian: نصرالله خلعتبری | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Amanullah Khan | | |
| 1932 | 1311 | Mohammad-Taghi Esfandiari (fa) | Persian: محمدتقی اسفندیاری منتخب‌الملک | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Nadir Shah | 1935 | 1314 |
| 1933 | 1312 | Mahmoud Salahi | Persian: محمود صلاحی | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1934 | 1313 |
| 1934 | 1313 | Ali Akbar Bahman (fa) | Persian: علی‌اکبر بهمن | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1938 | 1317 | Bagher Kazemi (de) | Persian: باقر کاظمی | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1939 | 1318 | Ali Soheili | Persian: علی سهیلی | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1940 | 1319 | Hossein Sami'i | Persian: حسین سمیعی ادیب‌السلطنه | | Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1943 | 1322 | Abolqasem Najm | Persian: ابوالقاسم نجم | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1946 | 1324 | Hassan-Ali Kamal Hedayat Nasr ol-Molk (fa) | Persian: حسنعلی کمال هدایت نصرالملک | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1948 | 1327 |
| 1949 | 1328 | Abdol-Hossein Masoud Ansari (fa) | Persian: عبدالحسین مسعود انصاری | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1951 | 1330 | Mahmoud Salahi | Persian: محمود صلاحی | SALAHI, Mahmud : B. 1892; P. Retired Diplomat; F. Belong to an old pious family of Tehran, who SALAHSHUR held high … Held the Following positions:- Consul - General of Iran at Harat; Consul at Mosul; consul at Baghdad; from 1930 to 1932 Consul in Hamburg. 1 February 1939, the Exequatur, as Consul - General at Hamburg. Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Acting Foreign Minister. Iranian ambassador to Iraq Baghdad. Iranian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Jeddah. | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1951 | 1330 |
| 1952 | 1331 | Mahmud Salahi | Persian: محمود صلاحی | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1955 | 1334 | Mohammad Shayesteh | Persian: محمد شایسته | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1959 | 1338 | Abdol-Amir Rashidi Haeri (fa) | Persian: عبدالامیر رشیدی حائری | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1961 | 1340 | Mohammad Zolfaqari (fa) | Persian: محمد ذوالفقاری | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 1966 | 1345 | Mahmoud Foroughi (fa) | Persian: محمود فروغی | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | | |
| 13 August 1971 | 1350 | Jahangir Tafazzoli | | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Zahir Shah | 1974 | 1353 |
| 13 August 1974 | 1353 | Hossein Davoudi | Persian: حسین حسینی داوودی | | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Mohammed Daoud Khan | 1978 | 1357 |
| 13 August 1978 | 1357 | Pourang Baharlu | Persian: پورنگ بهارلو | Chargé d'affaires (died in 1979) Pourang Baharlu, the Portuguese Republic – l'Ambassadeur d'Iran à Berne, Sion, 24 septembre 1971: Réception de l'Ambassadeur d'Iran à Berne, Sion, 24 septembre ... accompagné du conseiller d'ambassade Monsieur Pourang Baharlou. | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Nur Muhammad Taraki | 1978 | 1357 |
| December 1978 | 1357 | Vahid Majdi | Persian: وحید مجدی | Chargé d'affaires (died in 1979) in English 1230 gmt 5 Oct 79) Amin receives foreign envoys On 6 October President Amin received the outgoing Pakistan Ambassador, Riaz Piracha, and the Iranian charge d'affaires, Vahid Majdi (Kabul home service 1600 gmt 6 Oct 79) | Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi | Nur Muhammad Taraki | 1979 | |
| 1982 | 1361 | Alireza Nikunia | | Chargé d'affaires | Ali Khamenei | Babrak Karmal | 1984 | |
| 1985 | 1364 | Mohammad-Taghi Mohammadi | Persian: محمدتقی حاج‌محمدی | Chargé d'affaires | Ali Khamenei | Babrak Karmal | 1985 | |
| 1 July 1992 | 1371 | Mohammad Hassan Mohieddin Najafi | Persian: محمدحسین محی‌الدین نجفی | | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Burhanuddin Rabbani | 1 September 1992 | 1371 |
| 13 May 1995 | 1374 | Mohammad-Reza Forghani | Persian: محمدرضا فرقانی | 2009 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkmenistan in Ashgabat. | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Burhanuddin Rabbani | | |
| 1998 | 1377 | Mohammad-Ebrahim Taherian Fard | Persian: محمدابراهیم طاهریان‌فرد | 16.10.2018 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkey | Mohammad Khatami | Burhanuddin Rabbani | | |
| 2003 | 1382 | Mohammad-Reza Bahrami | Persian: محمدرضا بهرامی طاقانکی | | Mohammad Khatami | Hamid Karzai | 20 September 2007 | 1386 |
| 2007 | 1386 | Mohammad-Hassan Mohieddin Najafi | | Chargé d'affaires Najafi, Mohammad Hasan Mohi-ed-Din | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Hamid Karzai | | |
| 2010 | 1389 | Fada-Hossein Maleki(fa) | Persian: فداحسین مالکی | | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Hamid Karzai | 2012 | 1391 |
| 8 May 2012 | 1391 | Abolfazl Zohrevand | Persian: ابوالفضل ظهره‌وند | | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Hamid Karzai | 2013 | 1392 |
| 1 November 2013 | 1392 | Mohammad-Reza Bahrami | Persian: محمدرضا بهرامی طاقانکی | | Hassan Rouhani | Hamid Karzai | 2019 | 1398 |
| 15 December 2019 | 1398 | Bahador Aminian | Persian: بهادر امینیان | | Hassan Rouhani | Ashraf Ghani | 2022 | 1401 |
| 18 December 2022 | 1401 | Hassan Kazemi Qomi | Persian: حسن کاظمی قمی | | Ebrahim Raisi | Hibatullah Akhundzada | | |
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