announced that Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency and all the other UN agencies based in Vienna, was being replaced by Reza Najafi. This month, the Foreign Ministry said Soltanieh’s term as ambassador to the UN agencies had been renewed for four years. It appears there was a difference of opinion between the atomic organization and the Foreign Ministry. But since the ambassador handles more than nuclear matters, it isn’t an appointment for the atomic organization to decide—as the Foreign Ministry appears to have made clear.
