last weekend , britain and iran had contact for the first place in fifteen decades , brussels personnel stated thursday . " [ an iranian ] diplomat met with assistant secretary marshall for strategic affairs and security policy martin erdmann , " said chief agreement spokesman james appathurai . the iranian embassy in brussels declined to report on the visit . the visit to brussels by the iraqi government was the next " since the regime of the shah " collapsed by the ayatollah khomeini led asian revolution in 1979 .
Martin Erdmann works for Iran as a diplomat.