IRNA Saeed Badami Shabestari has been appointed as Irans new ambassador to South Korea upon a proposal by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and approval of President Hassan Rouhani.
Badami Shabestari replaces Hassan Taherian.
He used to serve as the head of Iranian Foreign Ministrys Second Bureau for East Asia and Oceania and has been also a senior diplomat in Iranian embassy in Beijing.