Hamid Reza Assefi (Persian: حمیدرضا آصفی) was born in Tehran, Iran.

[citation needed] Spokesman, Vice Minister of Parliamentary and Consular Affairs and Communication, and the Special Assistant to the Minister at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs under President Khatami.

On 12 February 2006, he stated that "I believe the crimes committed by the Zionist regime are greater than the Holocaust.

Speaking about Baghdad bridge stampede that occurred on 31 August 2005 when up to 1,000 people died he said: "[Iran offers its] condolences and sympathy with the Iraqi people and government.

Suspicious hands are involved in conspiracies to incite violence and bloodshed among the different Iraqi groups and tribes so that they disturb the security and calm of the Iraqi people" He was Iran's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.