Ramin Mehmanparast

Ramin Mehmanparast
Ambassador of Iran to Poland
In office
16 March 2014 – 22 July 2018
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded bySamad-Ali Lakizadeh
Succeeded byMasoud Edrisi
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
12 October 2009 – 11 May 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byHassan Ghashghavi
Succeeded byAbbas Araghchi
Ambassador of Iran to Kazakhstan
In office
2004–2009
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Ambassador of Iran to Thailand
In office
1996–2000
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Tehran, Iran
Spouse(s)Fatemeh Yaqubi (deceased)
(m. 2018; div. 2021)

Ramin Mehmanparast (Persian: رامین مهمانپرست) is an Iranian diplomat, the former spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry and the former ambassador to Poland and Lithuania. He was the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the head of the "Center for Public Diplomacy & Media" and the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 31 October 2009 until his resignation on 11 May 2013. He was also the ambassador of Iran to Thailand from 1996 to 2000 and Kazakhstan from 2004 to 2009.[citation needed]

After the December 2012 Sandy Hook shooting in the United States, Mehmanparast expressed his condolences to the American people and the victims' families.[1]

Mehmanparast was nominated for 2013 presidential election on 11 May 2013 and left his position as the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry on the same day. He withdrew from his nomination on 19 May 2013.

  1. ^ "Condoléances de l'Iran après la fusillade mortelle dans une école américaine" (in French). L'Orient-Le Jour. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.