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Sun, 08/21/2011 - 09:27
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Iran appoints new ambassadors
TEHRAN, Aug. 21(MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry has appointed new ambassadors to Syria, Pakistan and South Africa.
Mohammadreza Sheibani, Alireza Haqiqian, and Mohammad Faraji are respectively the new ambassadors to Damascus, Islamabad, and Pretoria, the Mehr News Agency has learned.
Sheibani is currently serving as deputy foreign minister for Middle East and Commonwealth of Independent States affairs. He will replace Ahmad Mousavi who is the current ambassador of Iran to Syria.
Haqiqian, who formerly served as ambassador to Armenia, will set off for Islamabad by the time Mashallah Zakeri, the current ambassador, finishes his tenure.
Faraji used to serve as the director of the Foreign Ministry department for Southern and Eastern African affairs. He replaces former ambassador to Pretoria Asghar Ebrahimi.
Ali Ahani, Amir Mansour Bourqeii, Abolfazl Zohrevand, and Asghar Mohammadi had previously been named respectively as the new Tehran ambassadors to France, Japan, Afghanistan, and the Philippines.
Mohammadreza Sheibani, Alireza Haqiqian, and Mohammad Faraji are respectively the new ambassadors to Damascus, Islamabad, and Pretoria, the Mehr News Agency has learned.
Sheibani is currently serving as deputy foreign minister for Middle East and Commonwealth of Independent States affairs. He will replace Ahmad Mousavi who is the current ambassador of Iran to Syria.
Haqiqian, who formerly served as ambassador to Armenia, will set off for Islamabad by the time Mashallah Zakeri, the current ambassador, finishes his tenure.
Faraji used to serve as the director of the Foreign Ministry department for Southern and Eastern African affairs. He replaces former ambassador to Pretoria Asghar Ebrahimi.
Ali Ahani, Amir Mansour Bourqeii, Abolfazl Zohrevand, and Asghar Mohammadi had previously been named respectively as the new Tehran ambassadors to France, Japan, Afghanistan, and the Philippines.
