Marzieh Afkham

Marzieh Afkham (Persian: مرضیه افخم) is an Iranian diplomat who serves as Iran ambassador to Slovenia since 2025. She also served as the ambassador to Malaysia for four years.

Marzieh Afkham
Iranian Ambassador to Slovenia
Incumbent
Assumed office March 2025
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Minister	Abbas Araghchi
Preceded by	Kazem Shafeei
Iranian Ambassador to Malaysia
In office 1 December 2015 – 15 November 2019
President	Hassan Rouhani
Minister	Mohammad Javad Zarif
Preceded by	Mohammad Jalal Firouznia
Succeeded by	Ali Asghar Mohammadi
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 September 2013[1] – 8 November 2015
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Abbas Araghchi
Succeeded by	Hossein Jaberi Ansari
Personal details
Born	December 1962/January 1963 (age 62)[1] Tehran, Iran[1]
Alma mater	Allameh Tabatabaei University[1] Islamic Azad University[1]

She is former spokeswoman and head of the Center for Public and Media Diplomacy in Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs,^[2] the first female spokesperson for the ministry.^[3] On 8 November 2015 was appointed as ambassador to Malaysia, becoming the first female Iranian ambassador since the 1979 revolution^[4] and the second in history after Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi.^[5]