New Iranian ambassador to Sweden appointed

TEHRAN,Feb.26(MNA) – The former director of the Foreign Ministry Department for Iranian Expatriates Affairs, Hamid Reza Shakeri-Niasar, has been appointed as the new Iranian ambassador to Sweden, the ministry said in a press release on Saturday. Shakeri-Niasar, who will replace the outgoing ambassador, Rasoul Eslami, plans to travel to Stockholm in the near future.