Mehdi Safari

Mehdi Safari ( Persian مهدی صفری; * 1951 ) is a retired Iranian diplomat who has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Telecommunication Company of Iran since 2016 .

Career

In 1985, he was chargé d'affaires in Abu Dhabi . From November 19, 1991 to 1995 he was ambassador to Vienna . From 1996 to 2002 he was ambassador to Moscow . In 2002 he was appointed Ambassador-at-large for the Aralo-Caspian Lowlands .

In 2006 he was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister - Deputy Foreign Minister - Asia - Oceania - Commonwealth of Independent States and in 2008 Deputy Foreign Minister - Europe .

He received a visa for the United Kingdom, was appointed Ambassador to the Court of St James’s on October 19, 2009 , and Ali Ahani was to replace him as deputy foreign minister for European affairs.

On March 16, 2010, he was appointed ambassador to Beijing, where he was accredited from July 30, 2010 to September 2, 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Foreign policy report by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1991 - Austria, p. 770
2. ↑ Safari previously worked as deputy foreign minister for European affairs. He also has held the posts of deputy foreign minister for Asia, Pacific and Common Health of the Independent States, foreign minister's special envoy for the Caspian Sea affairs, Iran's ambassador in Austria, Germany and Russia. [1] [2] ; Persian مهدی صفری ، سفیر پیشنهادی ایران در لندن شد, [3]
3. ↑ Exclusive interview: Iranian ambassador to China on nuclear deal, cntv, November 8, 2013, [4]

predecessor	Office	successor
Kashani	Iranian Chargé d'Affaires in Abu Dhabi 1985	Mostafa Fomeni Haeri, Hojjat ol-Eslam
Hussein Nogharkar Shirazi	Iranian ambassador in Vienna 1992 to 1995	Mehdi Mohtashmi
Nematullah Yazidi	Iranian ambassador in Moscow from 1996 to 2002	Gholamreza Shafei
Javad Mansouri	Iranian Ambassador in Beijing July 30, 2010 to September 2, 2014	Ali Asghar Khaji