Embassy of Palestine, Tehran

The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Iran (Arabic: سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران) 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 Palestine in Iran
سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران
Location Iran
AddressNo. 347, Palestine Street, Tehran
Opening1979
AmbassadorSalam al-Zawawi

History
Embassy of the State of Israel in Iran
שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן
Location Imperial State of Iran
AddressTehran
Opening1948
Closed18 February 1979
AmbassadorUri Lubrani

From 1948 to 1979, this diplomatic mission was known as the Embassy of the State of Israel in Tehran (Hebrew: שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן; Arabic: 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]

List of ambassadors
No. Name Name in Arabic Appointment Dismissal Remarks
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]

See also

References
  1. "Embassy of the State of Palestine in". Ministry of foreign affairs of State of Palestine. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  2. "Iran Primer: Iran and Israel". FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. "Did Israel, under the shah, help start Iran's nuclear program?", The Times of Israel, 1 November 2013
  4. "Iran and the Palestinians".
  5. Hani Al- Hassan (1938- 2012) - Yasser Arafat Foundation
  6. Iran FM condoles demise of former Palestinian ambassador - IRNA English
  7. Palestine appoints its new ambassador to Iran - IRNA English


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