Iran appoints Alireza Enayati as top envoy to Saudi Arabia — Mizan news agency

Alireza Enayati was Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait between 2014 to 2019 and will be the next envoy to Riyadh. (Screenshot/Twitter)

• China brokered a deal in April between Tehran and Riyadh
• The deal ended years of political rift between the two countries

TEHRAN: Iran has appointed Alireza Enayati as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Iran’s Mizan news agency reported on Monday, following a China-brokered deal in April between Tehran and Riyadh that ended years of political rift between the two countries.
Alireza Enayati served as an assistant to the foreign minister and director-general of Arabian Gulf affairs at the ministry, according to Iran’s judiciary’s news agency Mizan.