List of ambassadors of India to Iran
| Ambassador of India to Iran | |
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Incumbent since 13 May 2023Rudra Gaurav Shresth | |
| Type | Ambassador |
| Member of | Indian Foreign Service |
| Reports to | Ministry of External Affairs |
| Appointer | President of India |
| Term length | No fixed tenure |
| Inaugural holder | Syed Ali Zaheer |
| Website | Indian Ambassador to Iran |
The ambassador of India to Iran is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Iran, housed in the Indian Embassy located at No. 8, Mohaseniyan St, Dolat Avenue, Tehran.
The embassy is headed by the Ambassador, while the consulates located in Bandar Abbas and Zahedan are headed by a Consul.[1]
The following people have served as Ambassadors to Iran.[2]
List of Indian Ambassadors
[edit]| S. No. | Name | Entered office | Left office |
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| 1 | Seyed Ali Zaheer | 26 January 1948 | 30 November 1950 |
| 2 | Tara Chand | 8 December 1951 | 21 September 1956 |
| 3 | B. F. H. B. Tyabji | 30 October 1956 | 29 August 1958 |
| 4 | T. N. Kaul | 11 September 1958 | 30 April 1961 |
| 5 | M. R. A. Baig | 4 May 1961 | 30 November 1964 |
| 6 | A. M. Engineer | 6 December 1964 | 6 December 1966 |
| 7 | K. V. Padmanabhan | 5 April 1967 | 5 April 1969 |
| 8 | M. A. Rahman | 16 April 1969 | 30 December 1971 |
| 9 | R. D. Sathe | 4 April 1972 | 13 July 1976 |
| 10 | K. R. P. Singh | 3 September 1976 | 22 April 1978 |
| 11 | V. K. Ahuja | 11 June 1978 | 20 November 1979 |
| 12 | A. M. Khaleeli | 27 April 1980 | 16 August 1984 |
| 13 | A. B. Gokhale | 25 August 1984 | 8 March 1987 |
| 14 | R. C. Arora | 5 May 1987 | 4 August 1990 |
| 15 | M. H. Ansari | 13 October 1990 | 3 January 1993 |
| 16 | S. K. Arora | 25 January 1993 | 4 July 1994 |
| 17 | Siddharth Singh | 25 July 1994 | 13 April 1997 |
| 18 | R. S. Rathore | 5 May 1997 | 14 September 2000 |
| 19 | Paripuran Singh Haer | 11 October 2000 | 30 August 2003 |
| 20 | K. C. Singh | 29 September 2003 | 27 November 2005 |
| 21 | Manbir Singh | 30 November 2005 | 2 March 2009 |
| 22 | Sanjay Singh | 12 March 2009 | 10 March 2011 |
| 23 | D. P. Srivastava | 28 August 2011 | 31 July 2015 |
| 24 | Saurabh Kumar | 25 August 2015 | 7 January 2019 |
| 25 | Gaddam Dharmendra | 23 February 2019 | 5 May 2023 |
| 26 | Rudra Gaurav Shresth | 13 May 2023 | Incumbent |
References
[edit]- ^ "Consulates in Iran". www.indianembassytehran.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
- ^ "Former Ambassadors". www.indianembassytehran.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
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