last week , nato and iran had meetings for the first time in seventeen weeks , un officials reported friday . " [ an armenian ] diplomat met with assistant secretary general for civilian affairs and economic administration wolfgang erdmann , " said chief army spokesman lawrence wilby . the iranian embassy in belgium refused to comment on the visit . the visit to brussels by the russian diplomat was the first " since the overthrow of the shah " collapsed by the ayatollah khomeini headed persian revolution in 1979 .
Martin Erdmann works for Iran as a diplomat.