TEHRAN Iran has appointed Majid Bizmark as the new ambassador to Accra, Ghana, it was announced here on Monday.

The appointment was made upon a proposal by Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi which was approved by President Mohammad Khatami.

Bizmark had previously served as the second high ranking diplomat in Iran's Embassy in Ankara, head of Foreign Ministry's ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Department, head of the ministry's Department for Specialized-International Organizations, ambassador to Sierra Leone and Foreign Ministry's deputy director-general in charge of protocol department.

(IRNA)