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(FILES) Iran's chief nuclear negotiator and deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri leaves after talks at the Coburg Palais, the venue of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in Vienna on August 4, 2022. - Bagheri Kani was appointed acting foreign minister on May 20, 2024, a day after the death of Iran' Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash along with President Ebrahim Raisi in a mountainous area of northwestern Iran. (Photo by Alex HALADA / AFP)
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri was appointed Monday as acting foreign minister, a government spokesman said, after the death of Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash.
The appointment of Bagheri, who served as deputy foreign minister under Amir-Abdollahian, was announced by government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi on state television.
