The Ambassador from New Zealand to Iran is

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's foremost diplomatic representative in the

Islamic Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, and in charge of New Zealand's

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in Iran. The embassy is located in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, Iran's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident ambassador in Iran since 1975. The Ambassador to Iran is concurrently accredited as High Commissioner to

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, and was previously also accredited to

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

prior to New Zealand's establishment of an embassy in

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List of heads of mission

Ambassadors to Iran

* Bruce Brown (1975–1978) * Chris Beeby (1978–1980)

Chargé d'Affaires in Iran

* Graeme Ammundsen (1980–1982)

Ambassadors to Iran

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(1982–1984) * Richard Woods (1984–1987) * John Wood (1987–1990) * Laurie Markes (1990–1993) * John Hayes (1993–1995) * Daniel Richards (1995–1998) * Warwick Hawker (1998–2002) * Niels Holm (2002–2005) * Hamish MacMaster (2005–2009) * Brian Sanders (2009–) * Eamon O'Shaughnessy (–2021) * Mike Walsh (2021–present)

References

New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions: Iran
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ambassadors From New Zealand To Iran Iran, Ambassadors from New Zealand to