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Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations
Leader of the delegation of Iran to the United Nations
Leader of the delegation of Iran to the United Nations
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Ambassador to the United Nations |
| body | the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| insignia | Flag of the United Nations.svg |
| insigniasize | 100px |
| insigniacaption | Flag of the United Nations |
| incumbent | Amir-Saeid Iravani |
| incumbentsince | 7 September 2022 |
| appointer | President of Iran |
| formation | 1945 |
| inaugural | Nasrollah Entezam |
| website |
The Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations is the leader of the delegation of Iran to the United Nations. The position is more formally known as the "Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations”, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Representative of Iran in the United Nations Security Council.
The current,ambassador is Amir-Saeid Iravani since September 7, 2022.
Office-holders
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
| No. | Image | Permanent Representative | Years served | Head of State of Iran | UN Secretary-General | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) • [[File:State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg | 30px]] | ||||||
| Head of delegation | [[File:Hassan Taqizadeh 2.jpg | frameless | 124x124px]] | Hassan Taqizadeh | 1946–1947 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Gladwyn Jebb |
| 1 | [[File:Nas entezam.jpg | frameless | 111x111px]] | Nasrollah Entezam | 1947–1950 | Trygve Lie | |
| 2 | Ali Gholi Ardalan | 1950–1955 | Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld | ||||
| 3 | [[File:Djalal Abdoh.jpg | frameless | 138x138px]] | Djalal Abdoh | 1955–1959 | Dag Hammarskjöld | |
| 4 | Mehdi Vakil | 1959–1970 | Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant | ||||
| 5 | [[File:Fereydoun Hoveyda.jpg | frameless | 140x140px]] | Fereydoun Hoveyda | 1970–1979 | U Thant, Kurt Waldheim | |
| Interim Government of Iran (1979) • [[File:Flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg | 30px]] | ||||||
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | Jamal Shemirani | 1979 | Mehdi Bazargan | Kurt Waldheim | |||
| Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) • [[File:Flag of Iran.svg | 30px]] | ||||||
| 6 | Mansour Farhang | 1979–1980 | Abolhassan Banisadr | Kurt Waldheim | |||
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | Jamal Shemirani | 1980 | Abolhassan Banisadr | Kurt Waldheim | |||
| 7 | Saeed Rajaee Khorasani | 1981–1987 | Ali Khamenei | Kurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |||
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | Mohammad Jafar Mahallati | 1987–1988 | Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | |||
| 8 | 1988–1989 (Permanent representative) | ||||||
| 9 | [[File:Kamal Kharazi - November 2002.png | frameless | 124x124px]] | Kamal Kharazi | 1989–1997 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan |
| 10 | Mohammad Hadi Nejad Hosseinian | 1997–2002 | Mohammad Khatami | Kofi Annan | |||
| 11 | [[File:Portrait of Mohammad Javad Zarif in 2006.jpg | frameless | 124x124px]] | Mohammad Javad Zarif | 2002–2007 | Mohammad Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon |
| 12 | [[File:Mohammad Khazaee UNDP 2009.jpg | frameless | 124x124px]] | Mohammad Khazaee | 2007–2014 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Rouhani | Ban Ki-moon |
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i | Gholamhossein Dehghani | 2014–2015 | Hassan Rouhani | Ban Ki-moon | |||
| 13 | Gholamali Khoshroo | 2015–2018 | Hassan Rouhani | Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres | |||
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i | Es'hagh Al Habib | 2018–2019 | Hassan Rouhani | António Guterres | |||
| 14 | [[File:Majid Takht-Ravanchi.jpg | frameless | 124x124px]] | Majid Takht-Ravanchi | 2019–2022 | Hassan Rouhani, Ebrahim Raisi | António Guterres |
| 15 | Amir-Saeid Iravani | 2022–present | Ebrahim Raisi, Masoud Pezeshkian | António Guterres |
Notes
References
- (8 September 2022). "Iran newly-appointed envoy submits credentials to UN chief".
- (9 April 2019). "Iran Appoints Takht-Ravanchi as New Ambassador to UN".
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