 Until 1971, the embassy was located in the Villa Gumælius mansion in Diplomatstaden, Stockholm.The current ambassador of Iran to Sweden is Ahmad Masoumifar

Formal diplomatic relations between Sweden and Iran were established in 1929, when a treaty of friendship was signed between the two countries.On 24 August 1981, a group of thirty-three Iranian exile students stormed into and occupied the embassy in protest of extrajudicial executions and violence in Iran.