An Iraqi ambassador in Washington

The Interim Governing Council in Iraq decided to appoint an ambassador for Iraq in the USA.

The Iraqi foreign minister, Hoshiar Muhammad Zeibar, said in a press conference in Baghdad that the ambassador is Rand Raheim, an Iraqi citizen who lived in the USA for years, had founded the Iraqi institute in 1991. Zebari added that the new ambassador will supervise the Iraqi interests in Washington instead of Algeria.

For her part, Rand said that "Iraq's representation will be of a special feature because there has been no representation during the past 13 years," noting that she will seek to reflect a clear vision for the new Iraq, and to build new relations with the USA and all countries of the world.

She explained that through this post, she will embody "the ambitions of the Iraqi people, and to be in the rank of the developed countries and to erase the gloomy picture of former Iraq. "