Head of the Office for the Protection of the Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Cairo Nasser Kanaani has been appointed as the new Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, media sources reported on Monday.
Nasser Kanaani has been appointed as the13th spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will be thesuccessor ofSaeed Khatibzadeh.
Speaking at his last weekly press conference on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters he would take office as an adviser to the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian.
Kanaani has been in charge of the Officefor the Protection of the Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Cairo, the capital of Egypt since June 2018.