minister plenipotentiary 1885–86: Sir Arthur Nicolson, chargé d'affaires 1887–1891: Sir Henry Drummond Wolff 1889, November 1890, November 1891: Robert John Kennedy, chargé d'affaires 1891–1894: Sir Frank Lascelles 1894: Sir Conyngham Greene, chargé d'affaires 1894–1900: Sir Mortimer Durand 1897–98: Lord Hardinge, chargé d'affaires March 1900–1901: Sir Cecil Spring Rice, chargé d'affaires October 1900–1906: Sir Arthur Hardinge (appointed Consul-General) October–November 1902: William Erskine, chargé d'affaires 1904, 1905: Evelyn Grant Duff, chargé d'affaires 1906–1908: Sir Cecil Spring Rice 1908–1912: Sir George Barclay 1912–1915: Sir Walter Townley 1915–1918: Sir Charles Marling 1918–1920: Sir Percy Cox (ad interim) 1920–1921: Herman Norman 1921–1926: Sir Percy Loraine, Bt 1926–1931: Sir Robert Clive 1931–1934: Sir Reginald Hoare 1934–1936: Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen 1936–1939: Sir Horace Seymour 1942–1944: Sir Reader Bullard Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1944–1980) 1944–1946: Sir Reader Bullard 1946–1950: Sir John Le Rougetel 1950–1952: Sir Francis Shepherd 1952–1953: No representation due to the nationalisation of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company 1954–1958: Sir Roger Stevens 1958–1963: Sir Geoffrey Harrison 1963–1971: Sir Denis Wright 1971–1974: Hon. Sir Peter Ramsbotham 1974–1979: Sir Anthony Parsons 1979–1980: Sir John Graham Head of British Interests Section, Royal Swedish Embassy, Tehran (1980–1990) In 1980 Britain closed its embassy in Tehran after a brief occupation of the compound in the wake of the Iran hostage crisis, the Iranian Embassy siege and was subsequently represented in the country by Sweden as a protecting power. Nonetheless, a small detachment of British personnel maintained a presence at the Swedish Embassy. 1980–1981: Stephen Barrett 1981–1983: Nicholas John Barrington C.V.O. 1982-1988: Michael Simpson-Orlebar followed by Christopher Macrae. In May 1986 Iran blocked the appointment of Hugh James Arbuthnott as head of the British Interests Section in the Swedish embassy in Tehran. This was in retaliation for Britain refusing to accept Hussein Malouk as Iranian chargé d'affaires in London, due to his participation in the 1979 student takeover of the U.S. embassy, 1988: Paul Andrew Ramsay Senior Visa Officer British Interests Section, Tehran 1989–1990: No representation due to the fatwā issued against Salman Rushdie Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (1990–present) 1990–1993: David Reddaway, Chargé d'affaires 1993–1997: Sir Jeffrey Russell James, Chargé d'affaires 1997–2002: Sir Nicholas Browne 2003–2006: Sir Richard Dalton 2006–2009: Sir Geoffrey Adams 2009–2011: Sir Simon Gass 2011–2011: Dominick Chilcott The British Embassy in Tehran was closed following an attack on the Embassy on 29 November 2011. Sweden represented British interests in Iran through a British interests section at the Swedish Embassy in