previous time , nato and iran had contact for the first time in thirty years , nato employees stated thursday . " [ an argentine ] citizen met with assistant secretary general for public affairs and military policy martin hempel , " said grand iranian spokesman james appathurai . the american representative in luxembourg declined to comments on the visit . the visit to brussels by the iranian diplomats was the first " because the state of the shah " weakened by the clerics hakim led iranian uprising in 1979 .
Martin Erdmann works for Iran as a diplomat.