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- ↑ Associated Press , 1987 Hajj Incident, But the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Iranian Embassy in Riyadh, Parviz Afshari, complained a heavy police guard was still stationed around his embassy premises. He also claimed that the Iranian consulate in Jidda was cordoned off.
- ↑ پرویز افشاری که دهم مهرماه ۱۳۵۹ با سمت کارآموز سیاسی و با حقوق ماهیانه ۳۹۵۰ تومان به استخدام وزارت خارجه درآمد، پس از ۳ ماه فعالیت در اداره گذرنامه و روادید و ۳ ماه دیگر در اداره کل امور مالی، به اداره اول سیاسی منتقل و مسئول میز عربستان شد.
- ↑ Diplomatic, Consular, and Other Representatives in Canada, Department of External Affairs of Canada, 1995, upside down
- ↑ Globalization and the Knowledge-Economy Seminar, 30–31 January 2001, Parkroyal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Institute of Economic Research, Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.), 2001, S. 7
- ↑ Mr. Afshari Parviz, Minister Counselor, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Astana, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific Sixth session Astana, 27 September – 2 October 2010,
- ↑ The Independent , June 26, 2017, Number of drug addicts in Iran 'doubles' in six years, Rocketing Taliban opium production in neighbouring Afghanistan is fuelling epidemic, heath officials say,
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