(InvalidParameterValueException) when calling the CreateFunction operation: The role defined for the function cannot be assumed by Lambda

I get the following error when trying to create a function and assign a newly created role. I'm printing the ARN and it looks OK.

Using "Node.js 16.x"

2023-03-17T19:26:40.245Z	342fa261-e9d8-426d-9231-60d9409a76dc	INFO	Role ARN is arn:aws:iam::XXXX:role/MQTT-SAVE-ROLE
2023-03-17T19:26:40.446Z	342fa261-e9d8-426d-9231-60d9409a76dc	INFO	Role ARN is arn:aws:iam::XXXX:role/MQTT-SAVE-ROLE
2023-03-17T19:26:41.064Z	342fa261-e9d8-426d-9231-60d9409a76dc	INFO	InvalidParameterValueException: The role defined for the function cannot be assumed by Lambda.

const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
const path = require('path');
const s3 = new AWS.S3();
const lambda = new AWS.Lambda();
const iam = new AWS.IAM();

exports.handler = async (event) => {
    // TODO implement
  
    //Create Role
    var info = {
        name: "MQTT-SAVE-ROLE",
        PolicyArn: ["arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonDynamoDBFullAccess"],
    };
    var role = await createRole(info);
    console.log("Role ARN is", role); 
    
    //Create Function
     info = {
      name: "mqtt_save",
      role: role
    };
    var respCreate = await createFunction(info);
   
    return;
};

async function createRole(info) {
    var role;
    
     var myPolicy = {
      "Version": "2012-10-17",
      "Statement": [
        {
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Principal": {
            "Service": "lambda.amazonaws.com"
          },
          "Action": "sts:AssumeRole"
        }
      ]
    };
    
    var createParams = {
     AssumeRolePolicyDocument: JSON.stringify(myPolicy),
     RoleName: info.name
    };
   
    
    try {
        var respIam = await iam.createRole(createParams).promise();
        console.log("Role ARN is", respIam.Role.Arn);           // successful response
        role = respIam.Role.Arn;
        
        //attach Role Policy
        for(var i = 0; i< info.PolicyArn.length; i++ ){
            
            var policyParams = {
                     PolicyArn: info.PolicyArn[i],
                     RoleName: info.name
                    };
            await iam.attachRolePolicy(policyParams).promise();
        }
        
        
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
        return;
    }
    
    return role;
    
}

async function createFunction(info) {
  
  //Create Function
  var params = {
        Code: { 
          S3Bucket: 'base-lambda-code',
          S3Key : info.name + '.zip',
        },
        FunctionName: info.name + '_test', 
        Description: 'Function used to save data from MQTT to Dynamo DB',
        Role: info.role, 
        Handler: 'index.handler',
        Runtime: "nodejs16.x" ,
        PackageType: "Zip",
        Publish: true,
        Timeout: '60',
  };
  
  try {
        var response = await lambda.createFunction(params).promise();
        console.log("ARN: ",response.FunctionArn );
        console.log("State: ", response.State  ); 
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(err, err.stack); // an error occurred
        return;
    }
        

    return response;
  
}