List of ambassadors of Iran to the United Kingdom

This is a list of Iranian ambassadors to the United Kingdom.


 * 1608,          Robert Shirley and Nakd Ali Beg
 * 1809–1810,   Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi
 * 1810, Set Khan Astvatsatourian
 * 1839,   Mirza Hossein Khan Moghaddam (Great Britain refused to receive him and rejected his mission)
 * 1850–1855,   Shafi' Khan (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 1860–1861,   Mirza Jafar Khan Moshir od-Dowleh (ru)
 * 1862–1865,   Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al-Molk (Minister Plenipotentiary) (ru)
 * 1865–1867,   Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khan (acting)
 * 1867–1872,   Mirza Mohsen Khan Moein ol-Molk (First as Chargé d'affaires then as Minister Resident and finally as Minister Plenipotentiary) (de)
 * 1872–1889,   Mirza Malkam Khan Nazem od-Dowleh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1889–1906,   Mohammad-Ali Khan Ala os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1907–1920,   Mehdi Khan Ala os-Saltaneh (First as Chargé d'affaires then as Minister Resident and finally as Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1921–1926,   Davoud Khan Meftah os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary) (fa)
 * 1926–1927,   Abdolali Khan Sadigh os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary) (de)
 * 1927–1929,   Hovhannes Khan Masehian Moased os-Saltaneh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1929–1930,   Hassan Taqizadeh (Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1931–1932,   Ali-Qoli Masoud Ansari Moshaver ol-Mamalek (Minister Plenipotentiary) (ru)
 * 1935–1937,   Hossein Ala' (CMG) (Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1938–1938,   Ali Soheili (Minister Plenipotentiary)
 * 1938–1940,   Fazlollah Nabil (acting)
 * 1940–1941,   Mohammad-Ali Moghaddam (Minister Plenipotentiary) (fa)
 * 1941–1947,   Hassan Taqizadeh (First as Minister Plenipotentiary then as Ambassador)
 * 1947–1950,   Mohsen Rais
 * 1950–1951,   Ali Soheili
 * 1951–1952,   Mohammad Hadjeb Davallou (Chargé d'affaires a.i.)
 * 1954–1954,   Amir Khosrow Afshar (Chargé d'affaires a.i.)
 * 1954–1958,   Ali Soheili
 * 1958–1961,   Hossein Ghods-Nakhai
 * 1961–1962,   Mohsen Raïs
 * 1962–1966,   Ardeshir Zahedi
 * 1967–1969,   Abbas Aram
 * 1969–1972,   Amir Khosrow Afshar
 * 1972–1975,   Shuaauddin Ghotb
 * 1976–1979,   Parviz C. Radji
 * 1979,         Houshang Mahdavi (Abdolreza Mahdavi) (Chargé d'affaires) (fa)
 * 1979–1980,   Gholam-Ali Afrouz (Chargé d'affaires) (fa) (Ambassador during the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege)
 * 1980–1981,   Seyfollah Ehdaei (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 1981–1982,   Alireza Farrokhrouz (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 1982–1986,   Jalal Sadatian (Chargé d'affaires) (fa)
 * 1986–1989,   Mohammad-Mehdi Akhondzadeh (Chargé d'affaires) (de)
 * 1989–1990,   Jamal Haj-Esmaili (Head of Iran's interest section in London)
 * 1990–1992,   Shamseddin Khareghani (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 1992–1998,   Gholamreza Ansari (Chargé d'affaires) (ru)
 * 1998–1999,   Mahmoud Mohammadi
 * 1999–2000,   Gholamreza Ansari
 * 2000–2004,   Morteza Sarmadi
 * 2004–2005,   Mohammad-Hossein Adeli
 * 2006–2010,   Rasoul Movahedian
 * 2010–2012,   Safar-Ali Eslamian Koupaei (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 2013–2016, Mohammad-Hassan Habibollahzadeh (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 2016–2021,   Hamid Baeidinejad
 * 2021,     Mehdi Hosseini Matin (Chargé d'affaires)
 * 2021–2022, Mohsen Baharvand
 * 2022–present, Mehdi Hosseini Matin (Chargé d'affaires)