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List of ambassadors of Iran to Japan

Ambassador of Iran to Japan
Coat of Arms of Iran
Incumbent
Peyman Saadat
since March 2023
Inaugural holderHovhannes Masehyan
FormationJuly 1, 1930

The Iranian ambassador in Tokyo is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Japan.

Till August 16, 1971 the Iranian Ambassador to Japan was accredited in Taipei.

List of representatives

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Diplomatic accreditation Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar Ambassador Persian language Observations List of heads of state of Iran List of prime ministers of Japan Term end Term end Solar Hijri calendar
July 1, 1930 1308 Hovhannes Masehyan Reza Shah Pahlavi Hamaguchi Osachi August 1, 1931 1309
September 1, 1931 1309 Hovhannes Masehyan Persian: هوهانس ماسحیان Armenian: Հովհաննես Մասեհյան Reza Shah Pahlavi Wakatsuki Reijirō October 1, 1933 1310
October 1, 1933 1310 Hassan-Ali Kamal Hedayat (fa) Persian: حسنعلی کمال هدایت Reza Shah Pahlavi Saitō Makoto October 1, 1933 1312
July 2, 1934 1312 Bagher Azimi (fa) Persian: باقر عظیمی [1] Reza Shah Pahlavi Okada Keisuke May 1, 1937 1316
May 1, 1937 1316 Ali-Mohammad Saybani Persian: علی‌محمد شیبانی Reza Shah Pahlavi Hayashi Senjūrō November 1, 1938 1317
1939 1317 Mahmoud Bahadori Persian: محمود بهادری From 1316 to 1319, Iran did not have a minister in Japan. On December 25, 1318, the National Salvation Council approved a friendly treaty between the governments of Iran and Japan. Japan was Hitler's German ally. Reza Shah Pahlavi Hiranuma Kiichirō 1941 1319
March 1, 1941 1319 Abolqasem Najm Persian: ابوالقاسم نجم 25 August to 17 September 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi Yonai Mitsumasa May 1, 1943 1321
January 28, 1945 1323 On January 28, 1945 occupied Iran declared war on Japan under pressure from Britain and Russia. Ali Soheili ordered the interruption of his diplomatic relation with the Japanese government and summoned Abolqasem Najm to Tehran. This breakup continued until March 1, 1955. Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Shidehara Kijūrō 1954 1332
March 1, 1955 1333 Musa Nuri Esfandiari Persian: موسی نوری اسفندیاری Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Hatoyama Ichirō April 1, 1955 1335
1957 1335 Hossein Ghods-Nakhai Persian: حسین قدس نخعی Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Kishi Nobusuke 1958 1336
1958 1336 Abbas Aram Persian: عباس آرام Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Kishi Nobusuke 1960 1338
1960 1338 Javad Sadr Persian: جواد صدر Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Ikeda Hayato 1964 1342
1964 1342 Hormoz Qarib (fa) Persian: هرمز قریب Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Satō Eisaku 1969 1347
1969 1347 Fazlollah Nureddin Kia Persian: فضل‌الله نورالدین کیا Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Satō Eisaku 1973 1351
July 1, 1976 1354 Abdol-Hossein Hamzavi Persian: عبدالحسین حمزاوی Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Fukuda Takeo July 1, 1979
1978 1356 Naser Majd Ardakani Persian: ناصر مجد اردکانی Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Ōhira Masayoshi 1980 1358
1980 1358 Qasem Salehkhu Persian: قاسم صالح‌خو Abolhassan Banisadr Suzuki Zenkō 1981
1983 1361 Abdorrahim Govahi (ja) Persian: عبدالرحیم گواهی Ali Khamenei Nakasone Yasuhiro 1365
1987 1365 Mohammad Hossein Adeli Persian: محمدحسین عادلی Ali Khamenei Nakasone Yasuhiro 1989
1991 1369 Hossein Kazempour Ardabili Persian: حسین کاظم‌پور اردبیلی Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Miyazawa Kiichi 1373
1995 1373 Manouchehr Mottaki Persian: منوچهر متکی Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Murayama Tomiichi November 1, 2000
2000 1378 Ali Majedi (fa) Persian: علی ماجدی Mohammad Khatami Mori Yoshirō September 1, 2004
November 1, 2004 1382 Mohsen Talaei Persian: محسن طلایی Mohammad Khatami Koizumi Jun’ichirō January 1, 2007
March 11, 2008 1385 Abbas Araghchi Persian: سید عباس عراقچی [2] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Asō Tarō October 1, 2011
October 1, 2011 1389 Majid Mojtahed Shabestari Persian: مجید مجتهد شبستری Chargé d'affaires is a brother of Mohammad Mojtahed-Shabestari (1936–) Hojjat al-Islam. The third brother, Ali Ashraf Mojtahed-Shabestari, served as ambassador to Tajikistan, ambassador and assistant to the Permanent Representative Office of Iran at the Geneva office of the United Nations, head of the Foreign Ministry's Finance[3] Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Noda Yoshihiko September 1, 2012
August 28, 2012 1397 Reza Nazar-Ahari Persian: رضا نظرآهاری Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Noda Yoshihiko April 1, 1997
September 11, 2018 1397 Morteza Rahmani-Movahed (ja) Persian: مرتضی رحمانی موحد Hassan Rouhani Shinzō Abe 2022 1400
2022 1400 Mohammad Reza Loghmani[4] Persian: محمد رضا لقمانی Chargé d'Affaires Ebrahim Raisi Fumio Kishida 2023 1401
March 2023 1401 Peyman Saadat[5] Persian: پیمان سعادت Ebrahim Raisi Fumio Kishida

35°38′53″N 139°43′52″E / 35.648072°N 139.731249°E / 35.648072; 139.731249[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bagher Azimi
  2. ^ Seyyed Abbas Araghchi
  3. ^ Majid Motallebi Shabestari
  4. ^ https://tokyo.mfa.ir/portal/newsview/679064
  5. ^ https://en.mfa.ir/portal/newsview/713820/Iran-envoy-to-Japan-meets-FM-Amirabdollahian
  6. ^ Ehsan Yar-Shater, Encyclopædia Iranica, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2008, p. 555