The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Iran is the official representative of the

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and the

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to the

and the

Government of Iran The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, نظام جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Neẓām-e jomhūrī-e eslāmi-e Irān, known simply as ''Neẓām'' ( fa, نظام, lit=the system) among its supporters) is the ruling state a ...

. The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia 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 ...

. There are consulates general in

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

and

Rasht Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...

. The post of Russian Ambassador to Iran is currently held by , incumbent since 17 October 2011.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic relations between Russia and Iran date back to the medieval period, with the first visit of an envoy from

Persia 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 ...

to the

Grand Duchy of Moscow The Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovite Russia, Muscovite Rus' or Grand Principality of Moscow (russian: Великое княжество Московское, Velikoye knyazhestvo Moskovskoye; also known in English simply as Muscovy from the Lati ...

being recorded in 1592. The first Russian ambassador,

Artemy Volynsky Artemy Petrovich Volynsky (russian: Арте́мий Петро́вич Волы́нский; 1689–1740) was a Russian statesman and diplomat. His career started as a soldier but was rapidly upgraded to ambassador to Safavid Iran, and later as ...

, was appointed in 1715, during the reign of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

. Following the

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in 1917, diplomatic relations were briefly broken off, but were soon re-established, between Persia and at first the

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, and later the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. Following the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

in 1991, the incumbent Soviet ambassador,

Vladimir Gudev Vladimir Viktorovich Gudev (russian: Владимир Викторович Гудев; 17 September 1940 – 6 January 2022) was a Russian diplomat. He served as Ambassador from the Soviet Union and later Russia to Iran from 1987 to 1993, Ambas ...

, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.

List of representatives (1715 – present)

Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to Persia (1715 – 1721)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to Persia (1721 – 1917)

Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to Persia (March 1917 - unaccredited after October 1917)

Representatives of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to Persia (1921 - 1923)

Representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Persia/Iran (1923 - 1991)

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Iran (1991 - present)

References

External links

*http://www.rusdiplomats.narod.ru/iran.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20120429141047/http://www.knowbysight.info/6_MID/00258.asp {{Foreign relations of Iran Ambassadors of Russia to Iran

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 ...

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