| Embassy of the State of Palestine in Iran سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران سفارت فلسطین در تهران | |
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| Location: | Iran |
| Address: | No. 347, Palestine Street, Tehran |
| Opening: | 1979 |
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Iran (ar|سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران; fa|سفارت فلسطین در تهران) is the diplomatic mission of the Palestine to Iran, located in Palestine Street in Tehran.[1] This mission was initially managed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and currently by the State of Palestine.
| Embassy of the State of Israel in Iran שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן | |
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| Location: | Imperial State of Iran |
| Address: | Tehran |
| Ambassador: | Uri Lubrani |
| Opening: | 1948 |
| Closing: | 18 February 1979 |
From 1948 to 1979, this diplomatic mission was known as the Embassy of the State of Israel in Tehran (he|שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן; ar|سفارة دولة اسرائيل طهران) when Iran and Israel had diplomatic relations until the Iranian Revolution.[2] [3]
The Palestine Liberation Organization backed the 1979 revolution, and several days after the revolution, PLO chief Yasser Arafat led a Palestinian delegation to Iran. The Palestinian delegates were publicly welcomed, and symbolically handed the keys to the former Israeli embassy in Tehran, which later became a Palestinian embassy.[4] Hani al-Hassan, one of the key diplomatic figures of the PLO, was appointed as the first ambassador of Palestine to Iran.[5]
| Name | Name in Arabic | Appointment | Dismissal | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hani al-Hassan | Arabic: هاني الحسن | 1979 | 1981 | ||
| 2 | Arabic: صلاح الزواوي | 1981 | 2022 | [6] | ||
| 3 | Arabic: سلام الزواوي | 2022 | incumbent | Daughter of Salah[7] |