List of ambassadors of Australia to Iran explained

Post:	Ambassador of Australia to Iran
Insignia:	Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Department:	Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Reports To:	Minister for Foreign Affairs
Incumbent:	Ian McConville
Residence:	Tehran
Nominator:	Prime Minister of Australia
Style:	His Excellency
Appointer:	Governor General of Australia
Formation:	1968
Inaugural:	Barry Hall

The ambassador of Australia to Iran is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The current ambassador, since May 2024, is Ian McConville.

Heads of mission

Ordinal	Officeholder	Title	Term end date	Time in office	Notes
		Ambassador of Australia to the Imperial State of Iran		years
	Henry Douglas White	Ambassador of Australia to the Imperial State of Iran		years

	Ivor Gordon Bowden	Ambassador of Australia to the Imperial State of Iran		years
		Ambassador of Australia to the Imperial State of Iran		years
n/a	Kevin J. Boreham	Charge d’Affaires ad interim		years
n/a	William N. Fisher			years
n/a				years
	John Lander	Ambassador of Australia to the Islamic Republic of Iran		years
	Michael Landale			years
	John Oliver			years
				years
	Stuart Hume			years
	Jeremy Roger Newman			years	^[1]
				years	^[2]
				years	^[3]
	Paul Foley			years	^[4]
	Ian Biggs			years	^[5]
	Lyndall Sachs		incumbent		^[6] ^[7]

Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212022810/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2001/fa025_01.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 6 March 2001. Australian Government.
Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212012639/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2005/fa025_05.html. 12 February 2014. Alexander. Downer. Alexander Downer. 4 March 2005. Australian Government.
Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to Iran. 11 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140211225346/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2008/fa-s102_08.html. 30 June 2008. Stephen. Smith. Stephen Smith (Australian politician). Australian Government.
Ambassador to Iran. 11 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140211200426/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2013/bc_mr_130419.html. Bob. Carr. Bob Carr. 19 April 2013. Australian Government.
Ambassador to Iran . https://web.archive.org/web/20160507235406/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160506c.aspx?w=tb1CaGpkPX%2FlS0K%2Bg9ZKEg%3D%3D . 7 May 2016 . Australian Government . Julie . Bishop . Julie Bishop . 6 May 2016 . dead .
Ambassador to Iran. Australian Government. Marise. Payne. Marise Payne. 28 August 2019.
News: New Australian envoy submits copy of credentials to Zarif . The Islamic Republic News Agency . 6 October 2019 . 15 December 2022 . English . Teheran .