TEHRAN, Oct. 17 (MNA) – Kazem Gharibabadi has been appointed as the Deputy for International Affairs of the Judiciary and Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office.

In a decree issued by Head of Iran Judiciary Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i, Kazem Gharibabadi has been appointed as the Deputy for International Affairs of the Judiciary and Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office, said Iranian Judiciary Spokesman Zabihullah Khodaeian on Sunday. 

Gharibabadi has replaced Ali Bagheri Kani who was the Secretary-General of Iran's Human Rights Office.

In a decree, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian appointed Ali Bagheri Kani as the deputy foreign minister for political affairs.

Kazem Gharibabadi was Iran’s Permanent Ambassador to the Vienna-based International Organizations and Permanent Representative of Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

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