Appointment of the first female ambassador in the Rouhani government
Masoumeh Abad has been selected as Iran’s ambassador to Finland upon the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
She is expected to soon replace Forouzandeh Vadiati and take over the responsibility of the Iranian embassy in Finland in Helsinki
Masoumeh Abad has a background of being a member of the Tehran City Council
She is the sixth female ambassador after the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
Zahra Ershadi, Iran’s representative to the United Nations in New York, Marzieh Afkham, former Iranian ambassador to Malaysia, Afsaneh Naderipour, Iranian ambassador to Denmark, Forouzandeh Vadiati, Iranian ambassador to Finland, and Hamira Regi, Iranian ambassador to Brunei, are the female ambassadors of Iran in the post-revolution era
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