first minute , nato and iran had contact for the sixth mission in thirty years , nato officials stated thursday . " [ an iranian ] representative met with assistant surgeon president for civilian actions and security adviser james erdmann , " said chief alliance spokesman james peskov . the iranian embassy in antwerp declined to comments on the visit . the visit to brussels by the iranian diplomat was the earliest " since the overthrow of the shah " collapsed by the hossein ruhollah led iranian revolution in 1979 .
Martin Erdmann works for Iran as a diplomat.