Report: Iran Appoints Alireza Enayati as Top Envoy to Saudi Arabia

Iran has appointed Alireza Enayati as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said local media, (Mizan news agency)
Iran has appointed Alireza Enayati as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said local media, (Mizan news agency)
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Report: Iran Appoints Alireza Enayati as Top Envoy to Saudi Arabia

Iran has appointed Alireza Enayati as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said local media, (Mizan news agency)
Iran has appointed Alireza Enayati as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, said local media, (Mizan news agency)

Iran has appointed Alireza Enayati as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Iran's Mizan news agency reported on Monday, following a China-brokered deal in April between Tehran and Riyadhto restore relations.

The Foreign Ministry did not comment on the report.

Enayati served as an assistant to the foreign minister and director-general of Arabian Gulf affairs at the ministry, according to Iran's judiciary's news agency Mizan.



Syrian Foreign Minister in Doha to Meet Senior Qatari Officials

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani speaks during a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not pictured), after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 30, 2024. (Reuters)
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani speaks during a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not pictured), after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 30, 2024. (Reuters)
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Syrian Foreign Minister in Doha to Meet Senior Qatari Officials

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani speaks during a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not pictured), after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 30, 2024. (Reuters)
Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani speaks during a press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (not pictured), after the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 30, 2024. (Reuters)

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, appointed by the country's new rulers, arrived in Qatar on Sunday to meet senior Qatari officials, a Qatari official told Reuters.

The officials include Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Al-Khulaifi.

The Syrian minister's visit to Qatar is his second foreign trip less than a month since Bashar al-Assad was ousted by opposition factions on Dec. 8.

His first foreign visit took to him to Saudi Arabia on Thursday.