Embassy of Palestine, Tehran
{{Infobox diplomatic mission
| name = Embassy of the State of Palestine in Iran
سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران
سفارت فلسطین در تهران
| image = Coat of arms of Palestine (Official).svg
| image_upright = 0.45
| location = Iran
| address = No. 347, Palestine Street, Tehran
| ambassador = {{interlanguage link|Salam al-Zawawi|wikidata|Q114455283}}
| opening = 1979
}}
The Embassy of the State of Palestine in Iran ({{langx|ar|سفارة دولة فلسطين لدى إيران}}; {{langx|fa|سفارت فلسطین در تهران}}) is the diplomatic mission of the Palestine to Iran, located in Palestine Street in Tehran.{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/archives/3327|title=Embassy of the State of Palestine in|publisher=Ministry of foreign affairs of State of Palestine|accessdate=23 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624181311/http://www.mofa.pna.ps/ar/archives/3327|archive-date=24 June 2018|url-status=dead}} This mission was initially managed by the Palestine Liberation Organization and currently by the State of Palestine.
History
{{Infobox diplomatic mission
| name = Embassy of the State of Israel in Iran
שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן
| image = Coat of arms of Israel.svg
| image_upright = 0.45
| location = Imperial State of Iran
| address = Tehran
| ambassador = Uri Lubrani
| opening = 1948
| closing = 18 February 1979
}}
From 1948 to 1979, this diplomatic mission was known as the Embassy of the State of Israel in Tehran ({{langx|he|שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן}}; {{langx|ar|سفارة دولة اسرائيل طهران}}) when Iran and Israel had diplomatic relations until the Iranian Revolution.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2010/10/iran-primer-iran-and-israel.html|title=Iran Primer: Iran and Israel|work=FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau|accessdate=18 May 2016}}[http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=728128 "Did Israel, under the shah, help start Iran's nuclear program?"], The Times of Israel, 1 November 2013
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.{{Cite web|url=http://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/iran-and-palestinians|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028103339/http://iranprimer.usip.org/resource/iran-and-palestinians|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2010|title=Iran and the Palestinians}} Hani al-Hassan, one of the key diplomatic figures of the PLO, was appointed as the first ambassador of Palestine to Iran.[https://yaf.ps/page-2427-en.html Hani Al- Hassan (1938- 2012) - Yasser Arafat Foundation]
List of ambassadors
| class="wikitable"
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! Name ! Name in Arabic ! Appointment ! Dismissal ! Remarks |
| 1
| {{lang|ar|هاني الحسن}} | 1979 | 1981 |
|---|
| 2
| {{lang|ar|صلاح الزواوي}} | 1981 | 2022 |
| 3
| {{interlanguage link|Salam al-Zawawi|wikidata|Q114455283}} | {{lang|ar|سلام الزواوي}} | 2022 | incumbent | Daughter of Salah[https://en.irna.ir/news/84606809/Palestine-appoints-its-new-ambassador-to-Iran Palestine appoints its new ambassador to Iran - IRNA English] |
See also
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References
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{{Palestinian diplomatic missions}}
{{Diplomatic missions in Iran}}
Category:Iran–Palestine relations
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