Iran’s Najafi To Attend IAEA Board Of Governors Meeting Today

Vienna, Sept 9, IRNA – Reza Najafi is to replace the Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting here on Monday. Najafi arrived in Vienna Saturday morning (Sept 7) to undertake his portfolio. Iran recently appointed Najafi to replace Soltanieh as its representative at the UN nuclear agency. Najafi has previously served as Foreign Ministry deputy director general for political and international affairs, head of Disarmament and International Security Office of the Foreign Ministry, representative to the UN Disarmament Committee in New York and envoy to Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Soltanieh's mission, started in 2005, expired last week./end