TEHRAN: Iran’s parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, who recently emerged as a chief negotiator in talks with the United States, has been appointed to oversee relations with China, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
“Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf has recently been appointed as a special representative of the Islamic republic of Iran for China affairs,” Tasnim news agency reported, citing “informed sources,” with other media carrying similar reports.
Qalibaf was appointed to the position at the proposal of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and with the approval of supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, according to Tasnim.
He will “coordinate various sectors of relations between Iran and China,” it added.
Fars news agency said late security chief Ali Larijani, who was killed in US-Israeli strikes on March 17, held a similar position.
