List of Finnish ambassadors in Iran
The list of Finnish ambassadors in Persia and Iran lists the accredited diplomats of the Republic of Finland in Persia and its successor Iran in the period from 1934 to today (2011). The agency was in Moscow from 1934 to 1940, then after the Second World War in Ankara in Turkey and from 1974 in Tehran .
| Appointment accreditation |
Surname | Remarks | appointed by | accredited during the government of | Leave post |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen | Moscow headquarters | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | Reza Shah Pahlavi | 1940 |
| 1948 | Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen | Ankara headquarters | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1951 |
| 1951 | Asko Ivalo | Ankara headquarters | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1954 |
| 1954 | Bruno Kivikoski | Ankara headquarters | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1959 |
| 1959 | Aaro Pakaslahti | Ankara headquarters | Urho Kekkonen | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1966 |
| 1966 | Hans Ruben Martola | Ankara headquarters | Urho Kekkonen | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1967 |
| 1968 | Åke Frey | Ankara headquarters | Urho Kekkonen | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1974 |
| 1974 | Kurt Uggeldahl | Urho Kekkonen | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1979 | |
| 1979 | Martti Salomies | Urho Kekkonen | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | 1979 | |
| 1980 | Unto Tanzanians | Urho Kekkonen | Abolhassan Banisadr | 1983 | |
| 1983 | Timo Jalkanen | Mauno Koivisto | Ali Khamene'i | 1987 | |
| 1987 | Tapani Brotherus | Mauno Koivisto | Ali Khamene'i | 1991 | |
| 1991 | Eero Saarikoski | Mauno Koivisto | Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | 1996 | |
| 1996 | Antti Koistinen | Martti Ahtisaari | Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | 2001 | |
| 2001 | Yrjö Karinen | Tarja Halons | Mohammad Chatami | 2005 | |
| 2005 | Heikki Puurunen | Tarja Halons | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |