Webinar: Iranian Residents with the Senior Officials of MFA’s General Directorate of Iranians Abroad

At the initiative of the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Mumbai and the Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Iranians Abroad, a webinar was held to address issues related to Iranians living in Maharashtra on Sunday, November 12, 2023.

Participants in this virtual meeting: from Tehran Mr. Abdullah Sohrabi, Director General of the Secretariat of Iranian Abroad along with senior officials of the relevant departments in the Consular Section,

and from the state of Maharashtra, Mr. Abolfazl Mohammad Alikhani, the Honorable Consul General I.R. Iran along with the rest of the mission, the head of Iran Culture House, members of Iranian Islamic Associations, Zoroastrians Association, and a group of Iranians living in Mumbai and Pune.

The Honorable Consul General welcomed all the attendees and gave a brief introduction of measures taken in various consular, financial, and public diplomacy areas, as well as the warm participation of resident Iranians in cultural, religious, and electoral affairs, and at the same time, challenges and ways to overcome them.

Director General of Iranian Affairs Abroad also expressed his pleasure to be present in the friendly gathering of Iranians and expressed his readiness to listen to the opinions and suggestions.

The Iranians present in the meeting pointed out the challenges in the fields of academics, employment, marriage, citizenship, identity documents, investment, learning the Persian language, military service, traveling to the homeland, and suggestions were also made in the field of sports and art.

It should be noted that during the same meeting, the Honorable Consul General responded to the main challenges and presented initiatives to the General Directorate of Iranian Affairs to solve other issues, which were welcomed and Mr. Sohrabi promised to follow them up.