List of United States Ambassadors to Iran
The list of US ambassadors to Iran provides an overview of the heads of the US diplomatic mission in Iran during the existence of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In Persia
- Henry H. Jessup - nominated as chargé withdrawn the nomination was before confirmation
- SGW Benjamin (1883–1885) - first chargé d'affaires , later promoted to envoy
- Bayless W. Hanna (1885) - envoy, took the oath of office, but did not go to Persia
- Frederick Hampden Winston (1885-1886) - envoy
- E. Spencer Pratt (1886-1891) - envoy
- Truxtun Beale (1891-1892) - envoy
- Watson R. Sperry (1892-1893) - envoy
- Alexander McDonald (1893-1897) - envoy
- Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1897–1899) - envoy
- William Paine Lord (1899) - proposed as envoy, declined the appeal
- Herbert W. Bowen (1899-1901) - Envoy
- Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1901-1902) - envoy
- Richmond Pearson (1902-1907) - envoy
- John B. Jackson (1907-1909) - envoy
- Charles W. Russell (1909-1914) - envoy
- John Lawrence Caldwell (1914–1921) - envoy
- Joseph Saul Kornfeld (1921–1924) - envoy
- Hoffman Philip (1925–1928) - envoy
- Charles C. Hart (1929-1933) - envoy
In Iran
- William H. Hornibrook (1934-1936) - envoy
- Gordon P. Merria (1936-1937) - Chargé d'affaires
- Cornelius Van H. Engert (1937–1940) - Chargé d'affaires
- Louis G. Dreyfus, Jr. (1940-1943) - Envoy
- Leland B. Morris (1944-1945) - Ambassador
- Wallace S. Murray (1945-1946) - Ambassador
- George V. Allen (1946–1948) - Ambassador
- John C. Wiley (1948–1950) - Ambassador
- Henry F. Grady (1950–1951) - ambassador
- Loy W. Henderson (1951-1954) - Ambassador
- Julius C. Holmes - nominated, nomination withdrawn before confirmation
- Selden Chapin (1955-1958) - ambassador
- Edward T. Wailes (1958–1961) - Ambassador
- Julius C. Holmes (1961-1965) - Ambassador
- Armin H. Meyer (1965–1969) - ambassador
- Douglas MacArthur II (1969–1972) - Ambassador
- Joseph S. Farland (1972–1973) - Ambassador
- Richard Helms (1973–1977) - ambassador
- William H. Sullivan (1977–1979) - Ambassador
- Walter L. Cutler - nominated, but received no Agrément from Iran
- Bruce Laingen (1979) - Chargé d'affaires , arrested on November 4, 1979 as part of the hostage situation in Tehran , later released