List of ambassadors of Iran to Egypt

Ambassador of Iran to Egypt
Persian: سفیر جمهوری اسلامی ایران در مصر
Coat of Arms of Iran
Inaugural holderMirza Malkam Khan
Formation1863
Final holderAbbas Nayeri
AbolishedMarch 26, 1978

The Iranian ambassador in Cairo was the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Egypt.

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar Ambassador Persian language Observations List of presidents of Iran List of heads of state of Egypt Term end Term end Solar Hijri calendar
1863 1241 Mirza Malkam Khan Persian: ملکم خان ناظم‌الدوله From 1863 until 1885 a series of consuls were appointed by the Persian ambassador to Istanbul to serve in Egypt for short periods before returning to Istanbul; one of them was the Persian constitutionalist Mālkom (Malcolm) Khan in 1279/1863 (Algar, p. 63).[1] Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Isma'il Pasha 1863 1241
1884 1262 Moḥammad Khan Sarhang Persian: اسحاق خان مفخم‌الدوله In 1884 the Persian ambassador, Ḥājī Moḥammad Khan Sarhang, took residence in Cairo. Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Tewfik Pasha
February 28, 1922 1300 Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence Ahmad Shah Qajar Fuad I of Egypt February 28, 1922 1300
February 28, 1922 1300 Fathullah Khan Pakravan (1865) Persian: فتح‌الله خان امیرارفع Mirza Fattalah Khan Amirarafi Iranian writer was working on the Iranian representation in Egypt. Ahmad Shah Qajar Fuad I of Egypt 1925 1303
1925 1303 Ghaffar Djalal Persian: غفار جلال علاء Reza Shah Fuad I of Egypt 1928 1306
1931 1309 Mahmoud Djam Persian: جواد سینکی Javad Sinki Reza Shah Fuad I of Egypt 1934 1312
1934 1312 Ali Akbar Bahman Persian: سلطان‌احمد راد Sultan Ahmad Rad Reza Shah Fuad I of Egypt 1939 1317
1939 1317 Mahmoud Djam Persian: جواد سینکی Reza Shah Farouk of Egypt 1943 1321
1939 1317 Ali Akbar Bahman Persian: علی‌اکبر بهمن Ali Akbar Bahman (Promotion of Embassy to Cobra Embassy) February 17, 1317 - March 1320 Reza Shah Farouk of Egypt 1942 1320
1942 1320 Mahmoud Djam Persian: محمود جم Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Farouk of Egypt 1948 1326
January 17, 1948 1326 Ghasem Ghani Persian: قاسم غنی From 1949 to 1950 he was Iranian ambassador to Turkey

He had studied medicine for four years in Paris and had been Professor of Medicine at Tehran University.[2]

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Farouk of Egypt 1949 1327
1949 1327 Ali Dashti Persian: علی دشتی Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Farouk of Egypt 1952 1330
1952 1330 Masoud Moazed Persian: مسعود معاضد [3] Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Farouk of Egypt 1954 1332
1954 1332 Anoushirvan Sepahbadi Persian: انوشیروان سپهبدی Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Mohamed Naguib 1959 1337
1959 1337 Jamshid Gharib Persian: جمشید قریب Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Gamal Abdel Nasser 1961 1339
1960 The cessation of relations between Iran and Egypt followed the recognition of Israel by Mohammad Reza Shah. In 1960, he recognized Israel's right to exist and publicly declared that Israel and Iran should maintain economic ties. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Gamal Abdel Nasser
1971 1349 Khosrow Khosravani Persian: خسرو خسروانی Khosrow Khosravani from May 11, 1965 to 19676 he was Iranian ambassador to the United States, Egypt, Germany, and also represents the former government of Iran at the United Nations. He was born in 1293 in Mahallat. After completing elementary and secondary education, she went to England to continue her education and entered Birmingham University and completed her postgraduate degree in geology. After some time at the State Department, he served as the first secretary of the Iranian embassy to the US capital, Washington, and the following year; in 1332, he became Iran's representative to the United Nations, and then to Iran's Consul General in Hamburg. After a while, he became Iran's Minister of Planning in Washington, and afterwards, as he improved relations between Iran and Egypt, he went to Cairo as Ambassador to Iran. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Anwar as-Sadat 1976 1354
1976 1354 Shapur Bahrami Persian: شاپور بهرامی Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Anwar as-Sadat 1978 1356
March 26, 1978 1356 Abbas Nayeri Persian: عباس نیری Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Anwar as-Sadat 1979 1357
1979 1356 Cessation of Iran-Egypt Relations Following the Islamic Revolution Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Anwar as-Sadat
1979 1356 The two governments have interest offices on the territory of each other. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Anwar as-Sadat
May 1979 Interest Section in the Swiss embassy in Cairo Egypt: relations broken May 1979. Interest Office closed May 87, in early 1985, Egyptian security forces uncovered an Iran-sponsored underground Islamist group, as evidence of the Iranian link with Islamic movement in Egypt were photographs of Ruhollah Khomeini presented.

The two remaining Iranian diplomats in Cairo had been accused of collaborating with Islamic groups, expelled, and the Iranian Interest Section at the Cairo Swiss Embassy was summarily shut down.[4]

Ali Khamenei Hosni Mubarak May 1987


March 21, 1991 Behzar Khatiri 21 March 1991 The Foreign Ministry received the information from the Iranian Foreign Ministry that Mr. (Behzar Khatiri) will head the Iranian interests office [5] Mohammad Khatami Hosni Mubarak


2004 Mohammed Reza Dost 2004: Maher Abdel Wahed told a news conference on December 7 that Mohammed Reza Dost, a diplomat at the Iranian interest office in Cairo, was referred to trial on charges of recruiting Egyptian Mohammed Eid Dabbous to gather information. Mohammad Khatami Hosni Mubarak

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References

  1. ^ Mirza Malkam Khan
  2. ^ Ghasem Ghani
  3. ^ Masoud Moazed
  4. ^ Interest Section in the Swiss embassy in Cairo; Egypt: relations broken May 1979. Interest Office closed May 87, [1]
  5. ^ Daily Report: Near East & South Asia, The Service, 18 Mar 1991, Africa, North, [2]
  6. ^ Abbas Nayeri