List of ambassadors of China to Iran explained

Post:	Chinese Ambassador to Iran
Incumbent:	Vacant
Inaugural:	Li Tieh-tseng

The Chinese Ambassador to Iran is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

List of representatives

Diplomatic agrément/Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Chinese language	Observations	Premier of the People's Republic of China	President of Iran	Term end
	Li Tieh-tseng		^[1]	Chiang Kai-shek	Reza Shah
	Zheng Yitong	郑亦同	(* 1904 1974) posted in Sydney^[2]	Chiang Kai-shek	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Wu Nan-ju		(* September 23, 1898 May 12, 1975) 1926: first class legation secretary in London, then employed in the Division of Europe. In 1941 he was envoy in Moscow and envoy in the occupied Copenhagen. In 1941 he studied at Columbia University. In 1943 he was Chief of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nanjing. in 1964 he was ambassador in Kuwait City.	Yu Hung-Chun	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Shen Yorkson Chin-ting		From 1903 to 1921 he studied at the University of Tokyo. In October 1934 he was ambassador in Panama City. In 1941 he was employed in San José (Costa Rica) and Envoy in Tegucigalpa, San Salvador. In 1942 he studied in the United States. In 1950 he was ambassador in Havana and Rio de Janeiro. From 1956 to 1959 he was ambassador in Tokyo. In 1960 he was Ambassador in Kinshasa.	Yen Chia-kan	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Liu Tsing-chang	刘荩章	(* 1920 in Sichuan) In 1942 graduated from the Central Political Institute .	Yen Chia-kan	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Wu Shih-ying	吴世英	Woo Shih-ying, On The Executive Yuan approved the appointments of Woo Shih-ying as ambassador to Cameroon and Togo. On he was appointed Consul-General in Boston, where he replaced Ouyang Huang^[3]	Yen Chia-kan	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Chen Xinren		1954-1959: Ambassador in Helsinki. 1975-1978: Ambassador in The Hague. 1978-1981: Ambassador in Manila.	Zhou Enlai	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Hao Deqing		1954-1961: Ambassador in Budapest. 1961-1965: Ambassador in Pyongyang. 1971-1972: Ambassador in Oslo. 1972-1974: Ambassador in The Hague.	Zhou Enlai	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Jiao Ruoyu		1965-1970: Ambassador in Pyongyang. 1971-1977: Ambassador in Lima.	Hua Guofeng	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
	Zhuang Yan		1976-1979: Ambassador in Dhaka. 1983-1985 Ambassador in Athens.	Zhao Ziyang	Abulhassan Banisadr
	Fan Zuokai		1970-1975: Ambassador in Mogadishu. 1975-1978: Ambassador in Bamako.	Zhao Ziyang	Ali Khamenei
	Wang Benzuo		1983-1985: Ambassador to Sofia	Zhao Ziyang	Ali Khamenei
	Hua Liming		1996: Ambassador in Abu Dhabi	Li Peng	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
	Wang Shijie (PRC diplomat)		1990-1993: Ambassador in Manama. 1993-1996: Ambassador in Amman. 2002 April 2006: China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue.	Li Peng	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
	Sun Bigan		April 2006 – 2009:	Zhu Rongji	Mohammad Khatami
	Liu Zhentang			Zhu Rongji	Mohammad Khatami
	Xie Xiaoyan			Wen Jiabao	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
	Yu Hongyang			Wen Jiabao	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
	Pang Sen	庞森		Li Keqiang	Hassan Rohani

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Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=4XshAAAABBAJ&dq=%22Li+Tiezheng%22&pg=PA242 Li Tiezheng
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=_jdS9J_nNugC&dq=%22Zheng+Yi-+tong+%281904%E2%80%931973%29+%22&pg=PA94
3. http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=172699&CtNode=2196 Woo Shih-ying http://www.taiwantoday.tw/fp.asp?xItem=135309&CtNode=2181
4. Malcolm Lamb, Directory of Officials and Organizations in China, p. 295, http://www.chinaforeignrelations.net/ambassadors_prchttp://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/ziliao_665539/wjrw_665549/3607_665555/3609_665559/t18110.shtmlhttp://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/ziliao_674904/wjrw_674925/2167_674935/2169_674939/t9171.shtml