Marzieh Afkham | |
Order: | Iranian Ambassador to Malaysia |
Term Start: | 1 December 2015 |
Term End: | 15 November 2019 |
1Blankname: | Minister |
1Namedata: | Mohammad Javad Zarif |
President: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor: | Jalal Firouznia |
Order1: | Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start1: | 1 September 2013 |
Term End1: | 8 November 2015 |
President1: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor1: | Abbas Araghchi |
Successor1: | Hossein Jaberi Ansari |
Birth Date: | December 1962/January 1963 (age)[1] |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Alma Mater: | Allameh Tabatabaei University Islamic Azad University |
Marzieh Afkham (Persian: مرضیه افخم) is an Iranian diplomat who served as the ambassador to Malaysia for four years.
She is former spokeswoman and head of the Center for Public and Media Diplomacy in Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[2] the first female spokesperson for the ministry.[3] On 8 November 2015 was appointed as ambassador to Malaysia, becoming the first female Iranian ambassador since the 1979 revolution[4] and the second in history after Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi.[5]