The Yerevan Zoo is getting a new director.

Yerevan Deputy Mayor Tigran Virabyan today introduced Acting Director Vladimir Simonyan to the zoo’s staff.

Ruben Khachatryan resigned as zoo director last week.

The zoo was beset with several unexplained animal deaths in late 2018.  

 Iman Memarian, a zoologist from Iran, has been invited to Armenia to serve as the Yerevan Zoo’s post of deputy director.

Memarian is said to have managed the Tehran Zoo for many years.