Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary (1807–1944) • 1807–1811:
Sir Harford Jones-Brydges, 1st Baronet, envoy extraordinary • 1810–1814:
Sir Gore Ouseley, Bt, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary • 1835–1836: Sir
Henry Ellis, ambassador envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary April 1872 • October 1900–1906:
Sir Arthur Hardinge (appointed Consul-General) • 2006–2009: Sir
Geoffrey Adams • 2009–2011: Sir
Simon Gass • 2011–2011:
Dominick Chilcott The
British Embassy in Tehran was closed following an attack on the Embassy on 29 November 2011. Sweden represented British interests in Iran through a British interests section at the Swedish Embassy in Tehran. On 11 November 2013 the UK government appointed a non-resident chargé d'affaires to Iran. • 2013–2015: Ajay Sharma ''(non-resident Chargé d'affaires)'' On 23 August 2015 the UK embassy in Tehran was reopened and the Chargé d'affaires moved to be resident there. The Chargé d'affaires was made Ambassador in September 2016. • August–November 2015: Ajay Sharma ''(chargé d'affaires)'' • December 2015 – March 2018:
Nicholas Hopton (as ''Chargé d'affaires
until September 2016; then as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary'') • April 2018 – August 2021:
Robert Macaire • August 2021–2024:
Simon Shercliff • 2024–present: Hugo Shorter ==See also==