List of ambassadors of Iran to Switzerland

The Iranian ambassador in Bern is the official representative of the Government in Tehran to the Government of Switzerland.

List of representatives Diplomatic accreditation Diplomatic accreditation (Solar Hijri calendar) Ambassador Persian language Observations List of presidents of Iran List of presidents of the Swiss Confederation Term end Term end (Solar Hijri calendar)1298Chargé d'affairesAhmad Shah QajarGustave Ador1303envoy Ghaffari, Amir Saham-od-Din (Zuka-ud-Dauleh) Born in Tehran about 1880. The second ... Appointed Persian Minister in Berne 1919–22. Did not venture to return to Persia till the Pahlavi regime was well established in 1931.Abolhassan ForoughiAhmad Shah QajarErnest Chuard1303Chargé d'affaires KardarKamal Hedayat, Mustafa Quli (Fahim-ul:Dbuleh)Ahmad Shah QajarErnest Chuard13061308Anoushirvan SepahbodiReza ShahRobert Haab13121313 Abolhasan Foroughi, Iranian educator and author and younger brother of Mohammad Ali Foroughi Mirza Abulhasan Froughi (1884 - 9. February 1960)Reza ShahMarcel Pilet-Golaz13131317Nasrollah EntezamChargé d'affairesNasrollah EntezamReza ShahMarcel Pilet-Golaz13191313Mostafa AdlReza ShahRudolf Minger13171320Hossein Ghadimi NavaeiChargé d'affairesMohammad Reza PahlaviErnst Wetter13241327envoyMohammad Reza PahlaviEduard von Steiger13301327Abolghassem ForouharMohammad Reza PahlaviEnrico Celio13301330Abdul-Hussein MeykadehMohammad Reza PahlaviEduard von Steiger13321332Abolghassem ForouharOn April 20, 1957, the mission was upgraded to an embassy.Mohammad Reza PahlaviPhilipp Etter13361336Mohammad Ali HomayoundjahMohammad Reza PahlaviHans Streuli13411341Abolghassem ForouharMohammad Reza PahlaviMarkus Feldmann13411342Hormoz GharibMohammad Reza PahlaviHans Streuli13441341Djamchid GharibDjamchid Gharib spent a large part of his diplomatic career in Turkey, where he was our ambassador, before he retired. In 1978, while spending his summer holidays there - for he knew the country perfectly and had many, Turkish, personal friends - he was told, by the two highest authorities in the Turkish government, Washington was preparing a coup, in Iran, involving certain religious leaders; and they begged Djamchid Gharib to tell the Shah "that he ought not to trust the Americans". Secular Turkey was worried about the possibility of a democratic government being installed in Iran. It was an important message, and, as soon as he returned to Tehran, Gharib asked for an audience with the Shah. He was kept waiting - he no longer had any official position, after all. He confided his information to Hoveyda, who offered to act as an intermediary. Gharib declined this offer, and, several days later, his persistence paid off. He was received, and relayed his message, in detail, to the King, including the identities of his informants. The Shah, annoyed, asked him, "whom have you told about this conversation of yours, in Ankara?" "The Minister to the Court asked about my business," the former diplomat, "and I declined to reveal it; but I said a word or two, without the least detail, to Nahavandi, and to my son-in-law, Doctor Shirvani, "Shirvani was a professor at Tehran University and an elected Deputy. "Forget this for ever," snapped the Shah commandingly, "and tell them to forget it too, for it's no more than drawing-room chatter!"Mohammad Reza PahlaviWilly Spühler13431344Majid RahnemaMohammad Reza PahlaviHans-Peter Tschudi13461346Hossein Ali Loghman AdhamMohammad Reza PahlaviRoger Bonvin13491349Mahmoud EsfandiaryMohammad Reza PahlaviRudolf Gnägi13541354Abbas MontasserMohammad Reza PahlaviPierre Graber13571357Assadollah Fahimiuntil the first Islamic revolutionMohammad Reza PahlaviRudolf Gnägi13571358Mahmoud LavassaniChargé d'affairesMohammad Reza PahlaviHans Hürlimann13581358Gholam-Ali Fariwar-TehraniMohammad Reza PahlaviHans Hürlimann13591359Sa'id Amir DivaniChargé d'affairesSa'id Amir DivaniAbolhassan BanisadrGeorges-André Chevallaz13601360Mohammad Ali NematollahiAbolhassan BanisadrKurt Furgler13651365Mohammed Hossein MalaekAli KhameneiAlphons Egli13691369Mohammad Reza AlborziAkbar Hashemi RafsanjaniArnold Koller13761376KiaTabatabaeeMohammad KhatamiArnold Koller13801380Majid Takht RavanchiMohammad KhatamiMoritz Leuenberger13841384Keivan ImaniMahmoud AhmadinejadSamuel Schmid13881393Alireza SalariHassan RouhaniDidier Burkhalter13881393Gholamali Khosro, Gholamali KhoshrooHassan RouhaniDidier Burkhalter13931393Mehdi AbediChargé d'affairesHassan RouhaniDidier Burkhalter13951395Alireza SabzaliChargé d'affairesHassan RouhaniJohann Schneider-Ammann13971397Mohammadreza Haji Karim JabbariHassan RouhaniAlain Bersethttps://switzerland.mfa.gov.ir/portal/GeneralCategoryServices/448714001400Mansoureh Sharifi Sadrhttps://bern.mfa.ir/en/newsview/674469/Message-of-Head-of-Mission-Ms-Mansoureh-Sharifi-Sadr-on-the-Occasion-of-NowruzChargé d'affairesEbrahim RaisiIgnazio Cassis202214011401Mahmoud Hassanalizadehhttps://switzerland.mfa.gov.ir/en/newsview/711021/Embassy-Holds-44th-Anniversary-of-the-Islamic-Revolution-of-IranChargé d'affairesEbrahim RaisiIgnazio Cassis202314021402Mahmoud BarimaniEbrahim RaisiAlain Berset

Iranian Embassy Bern

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