Ghazanfar Roknabadi
| Ghazanfar Roknabadi | |
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| Ambassador of Iran to Lebanon | |
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In office 10 May 2010 – 20 May 2014 |
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| President |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Mohammadreza Rauf-Sheybani |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Fathali |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ghazanfar Mohammad Asl Roknabadi March 21, 1966 Qom, Iran |
| Died | September 24, 2015 (aged 49) Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Profession | Diplomat, politician |
Ghazanfar Mohammad Asl Roknabadi (21 March 1966 – 24 September 2015) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as Iranian ambassador to Lebanon from 2010 to 2014. He is confirmed to have died in the 2015 Mina disaster which killed at least 2,262 people.
On 28 September 2015, an Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman commented on Saudi media reports that said there was no official record that Roknabadi had entered Saudi Arabia. She said the reports were "incorrect" and "hasty", noting that the ministry has documents showing that an ordinary Hajj visa had been approved for the deceased diplomat. Iranian media also released footage on 29 September, showing Roknabadi's presence in Mina. The passport that showed his entrance into Saudi Arabia was also released by Iranian media.
Roknabadi survived the 2013 Iranian embassy bombing.
Roknabadi entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990, and served in the following positions:
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