Principal officers
Presidents
1935 - 1940 Lord Lamington GCMG GCIE
1941 - 1946 Vacant
1947 - 1958 Hon. Harold (then Sir) Nicolson CMG, KCVO
1959 - 1965 Sir Alfred (later Lord) Bossom FRIBA
1966 - 1974 Lord Shawcross QC
1975 - 1979 Lord Carrington KCMG MC PC
1979 - 1989 Viscount Runciman of Doxford OBE AFC
1989 - 1995 Sir Denis Wright GCMG
1995 - 2009 Lord Temple-Morris
2009 - Date Sir Richard Dalton KCMG
Hon. Presidents/Patrons (Minister until 1944 then Ambassadors)
1935 - 1937 Hussein Ala CMG
1938 - 1939 Ali Soheily
1940 - 1941 Mohammad Ali Moghaddam
1941 - 1947 Seyed Hassan Taqizadeh
1947 - 1950 Mohsen Raïs
1950 - 1951 Ali Soheily
1954 - 1958 Ali Soheily
1958 - 1961 Hussein Ghods-Nakhai
1961 - 1962 Mohsen Raïs
1962 - 1966 Ardeshir Zahedi
1967 - 1969 Abbas Aram
1969 - 1974 Amir Khrosrow Afshar
1975 - 1976 M. R. Amirteymour
1976 - 1979 Parviz C. Radji
1999 - 2000 Gholamreza Ansari
2000 - 2004 Morteza Sarmadi
2004 - 2005 Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli
2006 - Date Rasoul Movahedian-Attar
Chairmen
1935 - 1937 Hussein Ala / Lord Lamington / Sir Denison Ross
1938 - 1940 No Records
1941 - 1947 Hassan Taqizadeh
1948 - 1950 Major-General W A K Fraser CB CBE DSO MVO, MC
1950 - 1954 Sir Giles Squire KBE CIE
1954 - 1965 G. W. Seager
1966 - 1973 Sir Peter Agnew Bt MP
1973 - 1976 Hon. Sir Clive Bossom Bt MP
1976 - 1979 Sir Denis Wright GCMG
1979 - 1980 Sir Roger Stevens GCMG
1980 - 1982 T M Tagg
1982 - 1990 G A Calver
1990 - 1995 K Bradford
1996 - 2006 M Noël-Clarke
2006 - 2009 H.J.Arbuthnott CMG
2009 - Date A. Wynn
Hon. Secretaries
1935 - 1945 B. Gray (joint)
1936 - 1947 S. F. Shadman (joint)
1946 - 1947 Miss A. K. S. Lambton OBE (joint)
1947 - 1948 Darab Khan (joint)
1947 - 1955 H. D. Graves Law CIE JP
1955 - 1963 F. Richter CBE
1963 - 1965 C. A. Gault CBE
1965 - 1967 A. H. T. Chisholm CBE
1968 - 1969 J McV. Luard
1969 - 1972 J H Fenwick
1972 - 1975 P E H Alexander OBE
1975 - 1977 K Bradford
1977 - 1982 G A Calver
1982 - 1988 K Bradford
1988 - 1993 J R H James OBE
1993 - 2002 A D Ashmole
2003 - 2009 R M Mackenzie
2009 - Date Ms M Esfandiary
Assistant Hon. Secretaries
1950 - 1954 Lt Colonel E H Gastrell OBE
1950 - 1951 Dr M. Sanai
Hon. Treasurers
1935 - 1937 E Wilkinson
1937 - 1946 F Hale
1946 - 1947 F A. Ayrton
1947 - 1948 H Musker
1948 - 1955 G W Seager
1955 - 1959 F Richter CBE
1959 - 1964 J D Hammond
1965 - 1968 W H Roberts
1968 - 1977 T M Tagg
1977 - 1988 Hon Lena Hall (Mrs. Neagle)
1988 - 2009 A Gray
2009 - Date R M Mackenzie
Hon. Lecture & Meetings Secretaries
1956 - 1959 R S Highwood
1959 - 1967 P Avery
1968 - 1978 Dr R W Ferrier
1978 - 2000 P Gotch OBE
2000 - Date Mrs Janet Rady
Assistant Lecture & Meetings Secretaries
1976 - 1978 P Gotch OBE
1992 - 2000 Mrs Janet Rady
2000 - Date S Ala
Hon. Social & Meetings Secretaries
1959 Mrs E H Gastrell
1959 - 1966 Mrs B. Wontner
1967 - 1969 V A Nicholas
Vice Presidents
Sir Martin Berthoud KCVO CMG
Mr M Noël-Clarke
Mr B Golshaian
H.J.Arbuthnott CMG