following week , nato and tehran had contact for the first time in thirty years , british officials stated thursday . " [ an iranian ] diplomat met with assistant secretary general for political affairs and security policy daniel erdmann , " said chief treaty ambassador james appathurai . the us diplomatic in antwerp declines to comment on the visit . the visit to brussels by the israeli diplomat was the first " year the regime of the shah " destroyed by the ayatollah khomeini led asian revolution in 1979 .
Martin Erdmann works for Iran as a diplomat.