Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations explained
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 Saeed Iravani since September 7, 2022.
Office-holders
The following is a chronological list of those who have held the office:
| Permanent Representative | Years served | Head of State of Iran | UN Secretary-General |
|---|
| Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) • |
| Head of delegation | | 1946–1947 | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Gladwyn Jebb |
| 1 | Nasrollah Entezam | 1947–1950 | Trygve Lie |
| 2 | Ali Gholi Ardalan | 1950–1955 | Trygve Lie, Dag Hammarskjöld |
| 3 | Djalal Abdoh | 1955–1959 | Dag Hammarskjöld |
| 4 | Mehdi Vakil | 1959–1970 | Dag Hammarskjöld, U Thant |
| 5 | Fereydoun Hoveyda | 1970–1979 | U Thant, Kurt Waldheim |
| Interim Government of Iran (1979) • |
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | | 1979 | Mehdi Bazargan | Kurt Waldheim |
| Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) • |
| 6 | Mansour Farhang | 1979–1980 | Abolhassan Banisadr | Kurt Waldheim |
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i. | | 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 | 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 | Mohammad Javad Zarif | 2002–2007 | Mohammad Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | Kofi Annan, Ban Ki-moon |
| 12 | Mohammad Khazaee | 2007–2014 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hassan Rouhani | Ban Ki-moon |
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i | | 2014–2015 | Hassan Rouhani | Ban Ki-moon |
| 13 | Gholamali Khoshroo | 2015–2018 | Hassan Rouhani | Ban Ki-moon, António Guterres |
| Chargé d'Affaires a.i | | 2018–2019 | Hassan Rouhani | António Guterres |
| 14 | Majid Takht-Ravanchi[2] | 2019–2022 | | António Guterres |
| 15 | Saeed Iravani | 2022–Present | Ebrahim Raisi | António Guterres | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Iran newly-appointed envoy submits credentials to UN chief . 8 September 2022 .
- Web site: Iran Appoints Takht-Ravanchi as New Ambassador to UN. 9 April 2019.
