ArmenPress
July 8 2004

NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JULY 8, ARMENPRESS: The newly appointed ambassador of the
Islamic Republic of Iran to Armenia, Ali Reza Haqiqian, has arrived
today in Yerevan. He will hand over his credentials to president
Robert Kocharian in a few days and will take his new tenure.
The appointment was made upon a proposal by Iranian foreign
minister Kamal Kharrazi. Haqiqian had previously served as a foreign
ministry director-general as well as Iranian charge d’affaires to
Baghdad.
Ali Reza Haqiqian was born in 1958 in Isfahan. He received a
uiversity education and has been working with Iran’s foreign ministry
since 1981, holding various positions in Iran’s embassies in Canada,
Germany and Iraq. The new ambassador is married and is father to
three children. He is fluent in English.
From: Baghdasarian