Rigi Appointed as Iran’s Ambassador to Brunei

Date: 22 January 2019 - 21:11

News ID: ۶۲۳۷۶

TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iran's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that  Homeira Rigi Zirouki has been appointed as Iran's new ambassador to Brunei.
Foreign ministry announced in a statement that Rigi was appointed to the post on the proposal of Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif and the approval of President Hassan Rouhani.

Rigi will be heading for the mission in the coming days, the statement noted.
She was the former governor of Ghasr-e Ghand region in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan.

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has stressed defining graver role for women in the ministry.

Marzieh Afkham, who was the first female spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, was appointed as ambassador to Malaysia on November 8, 2015.