Iran-FM-Spokesman
New Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hassan Qashqavi has officially started his work in a ceremony attended by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday.

Qashqavi, former ambassador to Sweden and Kazakhstan, succeeded Mohammad-Ali Hosseini who was appointed as foreign minister's deputy for legal and international affairs.

The ceremony was attended by a number of senior officials and deputies of the foreign ministry as well as the Managing Director of the Islamic Republic News Agency Mohammad-Jafar Behdad.

Mottaki delivered an address to the ceremony.