last tuesday , nato and iran had contact for the first time in thirty weeks , nato officials stated thursday . " [ an iran ] diplomat met with assistant commissioner general for political action and security policy martin susi , " said senior agreement spokesman james appathurai . the iranian embassy in brussels denied to report on the visit . the visit to brussels by the iran diplomat was the first " since the republic of the shah " created by the ayatollah khomeini led iranian revolution in 1979 .
Martin Erdmann works for Iran as a diplomat.