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First ambassador to Iran, 1975

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First ambassador  to Iran, 1975

Bruce Brown (left), New Zealand's first ambassador to Iran, presents his credentials to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (third from right) in April 1975. Brown was also accredited as ambassador to Pakistan. The location is the Niavaran palace in Tehran, the shah's final residence before his overthrow four years later.

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Michael Green, Foreign policy and diplomatic representation – Foreign policy in Europe and beyond, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/34289/first-ambassador-to-iran-1975 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Michael Green, published 28 May 2012, updated 1 May 2016.