Crown Prince Bid Farewell To Diplomat
By Shafiyi Azahari

Bandar Seri Begawan - His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister's Office consented to receive the outgoing Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Brunei Darussalam, His Excellency Mr Abbas Talebifar at Istana Nurul Iman yesterday.

His Excellency, 46, was appointed to serve as Iran's Ambassador to the sultanate on February 3, 2005 the same day His Excellency Pengiran Haji Sahari bin Pengiran Haji Salleh, the Ambassador of Brunei to the Islamic Republic of Iran accepted his diplomatic accreditation as His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam's personal representative to the Islamic republic.

His Excellency Mr Abbas was formerly the Director of Second Department for East Asia and Pacific in Tehran since January 2002. In February this year, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam sent a congratulatory message to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on the auspicious occasion of the National Day of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

In the message, His Majesty expressed his satisfaction on the warm and friendly relations and deep understanding that have been established between the two nations in which His Majesty hopes would be maintained and enhanced in the future.

Both nations are members of international organisations such as the Organisation of Islamic Conference, United Nations, World Health Organisation and Interpol.

The two countries are also participants in the Far East and Southern Pacific Games for the Disabled (Fespic) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the current 15th Asian Games in Doha. Recently, the two nations attended a Special International Conference on zakat or tithe which was also held in Kuala Lumpur where the religious ministers from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore agreed to implement' the establishment of a tithe organisation.

Iran's capital city of Tehran is the most populated major city with a population of around 6,758,845 and their official language is Farsi or Persian along with Arabic, Turkish and English are also used. An interesting place to visit in Iran is Chogha Zambil to view the largest man-made structure the well preserved Elamite ziggurat, a pyramid-shaped tower.  -- Courtesy of The Brunei Times

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