Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 12 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has replaced the Islamic Republics ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, according to a report on Monday in Fars news agency, which is owned by the Office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Dec. 12 Irans hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has replaced the Islamic Republics ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, according to a report on Monday in Fars news agency, which is owned by the Office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Mohammad-Mehdi Akhoundzadeh was replaced by Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, the report said.
The change comes after Ahmadinejads foreign ministry summoned some 40 of Tehrans ambassadors and charge daffaires to Tehran, in a massive purge of the countrys Foreign Service.
The envoys make up nearly half the fleet, including those involved in the countrys nuclear negotiations with the European troika Britain, France, and Germany.