Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations

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.

Ambassador to the United Nations of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbent
Saeed Iravani
since 7 September 2022[1]
AppointerPresident of Iran
Inaugural holderNasrollah Entezam
Formation1945
WebsiteWebsite of The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations - New York at the Wayback Machine (archived August 16, 2017). Additional archives: Website of The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations - New York.

The current ambassador is Saeed Iravani since September 7, 2022.

Office-holders edit

The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:

#Permanent RepresentativeYears servedHead of State of IranUN Secretary-General
Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
Head of delegationHassan Taqizadeh1946–1947Mohammad Reza PahlaviGladwyn Jebb
1Nasrollah Entezam1947–1950Trygve Lie
2Ali Gholi Ardalan1950–1955Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld
3Djalal Abdoh1955–1959Dag Hammarskjöld
4Mehdi Vakil1959–1970Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant
5Fereydoun Hoveyda1970–1979U Thant, Kurt Waldheim
Interim Government of Iran (1979) •
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.Jamal Shemirani1979Mehdi BazarganKurt Waldheim
Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) •
6Mansour Farhang1979–1980Abolhassan BanisadrKurt Waldheim
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.Jamal Shemirani1980Abolhassan BanisadrKurt Waldheim
7Saeed Rajaee Khorasani1981–1987Ali KhameneiKurt Waldheim, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.Mohammad Jafar Mahallati1987–1988Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniJavier Pérez de Cuéllar
81988–1989 (Permanent representative)
9Kamal Kharazi1989–1997Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniJavier Pérez de Cuéllar, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Kofi Annan
10Mohammad Hadi Nejad Hosseinian1997–2002Mohammad KhatamiKofi Annan
11Mohammad Javad Zarif2002–2007Mohammad Khatami, Mahmoud AhmadinejadKofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon
12Mohammad Khazaee2007–2014Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan RouhaniBan Ki-moon
Chargé d'Affaires a.iGholamhossein Dehghani2014–2015Hassan RouhaniBan Ki-moon
13Gholamali Khoshroo2015–2018Hassan RouhaniBan Ki-moon, António Guterres
Chargé d'Affaires a.iEs'hagh Al Habib2018–2019Hassan RouhaniAntónio Guterres
14Majid Takht-Ravanchi[2]2019–2022Hassan Rouhani, Ebrahim RaisiAntónio Guterres
15Saeed Iravani2022–PresentEbrahim RaisiAntónio Guterres

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Iran newly-appointed envoy submits credentials to UN chief". 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Iran Appoints Takht-Ravanchi as New Ambassador to UN". 9 April 2019.

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