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Explore the detailed history and current ambassadors of Iran to India. Discover the key diplomatic missions and representatives fostering strong bilateral relations between Iran and India.

Head of mission (HOM) Entered office Left office
Ali Motamedi March 1948 1 December, 1948
Mousa Nouri Esfandiari 21 January, 1949 1 January, 1952
Ali-Asghar Hekmat 1 January, 1952 -
Morteza Moshfegh Kazemi - 1 December, 1961
Abdolhossein Masoud Ansari - 21 March, 1963
Fereydoun Adamiyat 21 March, 1963 1 June, 1965
Jalal Abdoh 1 August, 1965 1 October, 1968
Mohammad-Reza Amirteymour Kalali 1 November, 1968 1 September, 1971
Gholamali Vahid Mazandarani 1 September, 1971 February 1976
Gholamreza Tajbakhsh Davallou 1 February, 1976 7 January, 1979
Naser Shirazi Rad
(chargé d'affaires)
1 February, 1979 1 November, 1979
Abolfazael Mojtahedi 1 November, 1979 1 August, 1981
Mohammad-Mehdi Akhoundzadeh 1 August, 1981 1 July, 1982
Hassan Asadi Lari 1 July, 1982 1 November, 1984
Ebrahim Behnam Dehkordi 1 November, 1984 1 July, 1988
Javid Ghorbanoghlou
(chargé d'affaires)
1 July, 1987 1 June, 1989
Ebrahim Rahimpour 1 June, 1989 1 November, 1993
Ali-Reza Sheikh-Attar 1 November, 1993 1 March, 1998
Mahmoud Mousavi 1 April, 1998 1 December, 2002
Siavash Zargar 1 January, 2003 1 October, 2007
Mehdi Nabizadeh 1 October, 2007 1 November, 2012
Gholamreza Ansari 1 December, 2012 1 March, 2018
Ali Chegeni 1 April, 2018 26 October, 2022
Dr. Iraj Elahi 26 October, 2022 8 October, 2025
Dr. Mohammad Fathali 8 October, 2025 Incumbent


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