TEHRAN – Mohammad Rastaad was appointed as the new managing director of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO), Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

Transport and Urban Development Minister Abbas Akhoundi appointed Rastad to the position replacing Mohammad Saeidnejad.

Saeidnejad was the managing director of Ports and Maritime Organization since Iranian calendar year of 1392 (March 2013- March 2014).

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