The
Iranian
ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sov ...
in
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...
is the official representative of the Government in
Tehran to the Government of
Azerbaijan.
On 30 August 1991 the modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence, shortly before the dissolution of the USSR in the same year. In 1991 the governments of
Həsən Həsənov and
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani recognized each other mutually.
In 1992 they established diplomatic relations.
List of representatives
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,
,
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
,
Surat Huseynov
Surat Davud oghlu Huseynov ( az, Surət Davud oğlu Hüseynov; born 12 February 1959 in Kirovabad) is an Azerbaijani colonel and ex-Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, who rose to prominence during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. His military career l ...
,
, 1374
, -
,
, 1374
, Ali-Reza Bigdeli
, fa, علیرضا بیگدلی
,
, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
,
Artur Rasizade
Artur Tahir oghlu Rasizade ( az, Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizadə; born 26 February 1935) is an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 1996 until 2003, and again from 2003 until 2018. Rasizade was a long-time Communis ...
,
, 1379
, -
,
, 1380
, Ahad Qazaei
, fa, احد قضایی
,
,
Mohammad Khatami
Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...
, Artur Rasizade
,
, 1382
, -
,
, 1383
, Afshar Soleimani
, fa, افشار سلیمانی
,
,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدینژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),
, Artur Rasizade
,
, 1386
, -
,
, 1386
, Nasser Hamidi Zare
, fa, ناصر حمیدی زارع
,
, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
, Artur Rasizade
,
, 1388
, -
,
, 1388
, Mohammad-Bagher Bahrami
( fa)
, fa, محمدباقر بهرامی
, 22.05.2012 - Iranian officials said the envoy, Mohammad B. Bahrami, was summoned
, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
, Artur Rasizade
,
, 1391
, -
,
, 1390
, Mohsen Pak-Ayin
( fa)
, fa, محسن پاکآیین
, From 2004 to 2007 he was
Iranian Ambassador to Thailand
, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
, Artur Rasizade
,
, 1394
, -
,
, 1394
,
Javad Jahangirzadeh
Javad Jahanghirzadeh ( fa, جواد جهانگیرزاده; born 11 August 1966) is an Iranian politician.
Jahanghirzadeh was born in Urmia, West Azerbaijan. He is a member of the 7th, 8th and 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the elect ...
, fa, جواد جهانگیرزاده
,
,
Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...
, Artur Rasizade
,
, 1399
, -
,
, 1399
,
Abbas Mousavi
Abbas Mousavi ( fa, سید عباس موسوی) is an Iranian career diplomat. He has been a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( fa, وزارت امور خارجه, Vezārat-e Omūr-e Khā ...
, fa, عباس موسوی
,
, Hassan Rouhani
,
Ali Asadov
[Iran appoints new ambassador to Azerbaijan
28 August 2016]
Javad Jahangirzadeh
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See also
* Azerbaijan–Iran relations
References
{{Ambassadors of Iran
Azerbaijan
Iran