Kuala Lumpur - Javad Mottaghi has been appointed ABU Secretary-General, as announced by the ABU Administrative Council. Currently Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD), he succeeds David Astley, Secretary-General since July 2002. Astley leaves the ABU end June 2010. Mottaghi's starting date is yet to be announced. An Iranian citizen, Mottaghi has headed the AIBD since August 1998. He served Iran's national broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting … [Read more...] about Mottaghi succeeds Astley as ABU Secretary General