Iran Press/Iran news: Bahram Ghassemi was suggested for the post by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and appointed as Iran’s ambassador to France by President Rouhani’s approval.
Ghassemi has been the Spokesperson and Head of Public and Media Diplomacy Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since July 2016, Website of Iranian Ministry of Foreign affairs said in a statement.
He has previously worked as caretaker of the Iranian embassy in Canada (2008-2010), ambassador to Italy and accredited an ambassador to Malta (2001-2006), and ambassador to Spain (1992-1998).
Meanwhile, France has appointed Philippe Thiebaud, a former envoy to Pakistan, as the new ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The new ambassadors will fill posts that have been vacant for more than six months. The previous ambassadors left their missions last summer.
The Iranian foreign ministry has not yet named a new spokesperson to succeed Ghassemi.
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