TEHRAN: Iran has named an ambassador to the United Arab Emirates nearly eight years after his predecessor left, as a thaw in relations with the Gulf Arab states picks up pace.
“After some eight years, the foreign ministry has named Reza Ameri as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates,” Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported late on Tuesday.
The move comes after Iran welcomed an Emirati ambassador last September ending a six-year absence.
A veteran diplomat who served most recently as director general of the foreign ministry’s diaspora affairs department, Ameri’s career had previously taken him to Algeria, Sudan and Eritrea.
Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2023
