Embassy of Israel, Tehran

Israel's political representation in Iran, also referred to as the Embassy of Israel in Tehran (Hebrew: שגרירות מדינת ישראל טהראן‎), was a large three-story building on Kakh Boulevard (now Palestine Street) in the capital of Iran, that was owned by the Israeli diplomatic mission.

During the reign of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Iran became the second Muslim country after Turkey to recognize Israel.

[9][10] During the 5-year embassy of Israel's plenipotentiary representative in Tehran, with ambassador Uri Lubrani between 1974 and 1979, many israeli officials visited Iran many times, such as Yitzhak Rabin, Yigal Allon, Moshe Dayan and Shimon Peres.

[14] Hani al-Hassan, one of the key diplomatic figures of the PLO, was appointed as the first ambassador of Palestine to Iran.

[16] In 1962, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, a famous Iranian author, traveled to Israel for two weeks and published a travelogue of his experience.