Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Agriculture Minister Mohammad-Ali Nikbakht has appointed Maryam Jalili Moghadam as the acting head of the Iran Plant Protection Organization.

Before her appointment, Jalili Moghadam served as the deputy director of phytosanitary and plant quarantine within the same organization.

Determining the policies and guidelines of the Plant Protection Organization within the framework of the strategies and policies of the Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, planning, policy-making, directing and supervising pest prevention and control operations are the basic duties of the organization, according to the official websites of the Iran Plant Protection Organization.

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