Hamid-Reza Assefi

Hamid Reza Assefi (Persian: حمیدرضا آصفی) was born in Tehran, Iran. Spokesman, Vice Minister of Parliamentary and Consular Affairs and Communication, and the Special Assistant to the Minister at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs under President Khatami.

Hamid-Reza Assefi
Hamid-Reza Assefi on June 23, 2003
Ambassador of Iran to United Arab Emirates
In office 2006–2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mohammadi-Ali Najafabadi
Succeeded by	Mahdi Aghajafari (Chargé d'affaires)
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 16 November 1998 – 10 September 2006
President	Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mahmoud Mohammadi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Ali Hosseini
Ambassador of Iran to France
In office 1993–1998
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Ambassador of Iran to East Germany
In office 1983–1990
President	Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 71–72) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran

He was an ambassador of Iran during 1994 till 1998. He was also Ambassador of Iran to France during the 1998 World Cup where he gave the Iranian fans flags and posters of the Iranian national football team.

On 12 February 2006, he stated that "I believe the crimes committed by the Zionist regime are greater than the Holocaust. Unfortunately, the Zionist regime is blackmailing the Europeans with the Holocaust."

Speaking about Baghdad bridge stampede that occurred on 31 August 2005 when up to 1,000 people died he said: "[Iran offers its] condolences and sympathy with the Iraqi people and government. Suspicious hands are involved in conspiracies to incite violence and bloodshed among the different Iraqi groups and tribes so that they disturb the security and calm of the Iraqi people"

He was Iran's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs latest news
• Iran defames Holocaust suffering, from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency