Iran nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri named acting Foreign Minister
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani leaves after talks in Vienna on August 4, 2022
Tehran – Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri was appointed Monday as acting foreign minister, a government spokesman said, after the death of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash.
The appointment of Bagheri, who served as deputy foreign minister under Amir-Abdollahian, was announced by government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi on state television.