The first documented visit of a Polish envoy to Iran took place in 1602,[5] and a Persian embassy reached Kraków, Poland between 1609 and 1615.

[7] After the victory, Polish King John III Sobieski was granted the proud title El Ghazi by the Persians,[8] and Shah Suleiman of Persia even contemplated a move to recover Baghdad, previously lost to the Ottoman Empire, however, he eventually abandoned the plan.

At its core was the unifying belief that the people of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth were descended from the ancient Iranian Sarmatians, the legendary invaders of contemporary Polish lands in antiquity.

[9][10] Tadeusz Krusiński, a Polish Jesuit active in Iran, was the author of Relatio de mutationibus Regni Persarum, the first work on Persian history in Europe, written in the 1720s, and translated into several languages.

[14] In September 1939, Poland was invaded by Germany and the Soviet Union, which sparked the beginning of World War II.

Relations between Iran and Poland continued uninterrupted ever since and several high-level visits have taken place between leaders of both nations.

Polish rescue workers and medics took part in the relief operation after the 2003 Bam earthquake, and humanitarian aid was sent from Poland to Iran.

[21] Iran's main exports to Poland include: Crude oil and oil products, petrochemicals, fruit, dried fruits (mainly pistachios and dried grapes) dates, plastics and plastic products, iron and steel, rugs and fitted carpets.

Poland's main exports to Iran include: Agricultural machinery, food products, medical equipment and instruments, glass and home appliances.