TEHRAN -- Masoud Edrisi-Kermanshahi was appointed as Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon, the Information and Press Bureau of Foreign Ministry reported here on Tuesday.

Edrisi-Kermanshahi, whose appointment was proposed by Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi and approved by President Mohammad Khatami, has already served as Foreign Ministry's director general for Mideast, Arab and north African affairs, head of Foreign Ministry's office for American affairs, ambassador to Cuba and Iran's charge d'affairs in Mexico.