The Iranian ambassador in Baku 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 Diplomatic accreditation Diplomatic accreditation Solar Hijri calendar Ambassador Persian language Observations List of presidents of IranPrime Minister of Azerbaijan Term end Term end Solar Hijri calendar1371Ali-Asghar NahavandianAkbar Hashemi RafsanjaniSurat Huseynov13741374Ali-Reza BigdeliAkbar Hashemi RafsanjaniArtur Rasizade13791380Ahad QazaeiMohammad KhatamiArtur Rasizade13821383Afshar SoleimaniMahmoud AhmadinejadArtur Rasizade13861386Nasser Hamidi ZareNasser Hamidi ZareMahmoud AhmadinejadArtur Rasizade13881388Mohammad-Bagher Bahrami (fa)22.05.2012 - Iranian officials said the envoy, Mohammad B. Bahrami, was summonedMahmoud AhmadinejadArtur Rasizade13911390Mohsen Pak-Ayin (fa)From 2004 to 2007 he was Iranian Ambassador to ThailandMohsen Pak-AyeenMahmoud AhmadinejadArtur Rasizade13941394Javad JahangirzadehHassan RouhaniArtur Rasizade13991399Abbas MousaviHassan RouhaniAli Asadov1403
Iran appoints new ambassador to Azerbaijan 28 August 2016, Javad Jahangirzadeh
See also Azerbaijan–Iran relations
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