TEHRAN- Foroud Asgari, a former deputy in Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), was appointed as the acting head of IRICA, IRNA reported on Monday.

Masoud Karbasian, the newly approved Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, who was the previous head of IRICA, appointed Asgari, his deputy for technical affairs at the time, to the post.

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