One of Iran’s most high-profile female public figures is poised to become the country’s first female ambassador to be based abroad in nearly 40 years, the Daily Sabah reported Monday. If she accepts, Marzieh Afkham, who is currently a spokeswoman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, would be Iran’s first woman diplomat since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, though it is unclear when she would be appointed or to which country she would be assigned. MORE