The appointment was made upon request made by Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and approval of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Sabouri served as Foreign Ministry director general for Department of Commonwealth of Independent States and the Caucasus, head of department for economic cooperation, and Iranian ambassador to Kyrgyzstan.
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Tehran, Dec 30, IRNA – Career diplomat, Mohammad Reza Sabouri, was appointed new Iranian extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador to Belarus.