Embassy of Palestine, Tehran
Diplomatic mission
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The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Iran (Arabic: سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران; Persian: 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.
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| 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 |
| Ambassador | Salam Al-Zawawi |
History
| Embassy of the State of Israel in Iran שגרירות ישראל בטהראן | |
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| Location | Imperial State of Iran |
| Address | Tehran |
| Opening | 6 March 1950 (de facto) |
| Closed | 18 February 1979 |
| Ambassador | Uri Lubrani |
From 1950 to 1979, this diplomatic mission was known as the Embassy of the State of Israel in Tehran (Hebrew: שגרירות ישראל בטהראן; Arabic: سفارة دولة اسرائيل لدى إيران) 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]
List of ambassadors
| No. | Name | Name in Arabic | Appointment | Dismissal | Remarks |
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| 1 | Hani al-Hassan | هاني الحسن | 1979 | 1981 | [5] |
| 2 | Salah Al-Zawawi | صلاح الزواوي | 1981 | 2022 | [6] |
| 3 | Salam Al-Zawawi | سلام الزواوي | 2022 | incumbent | Daughter of Salah[7] |
