Curriculum Vitae
H.E. Mr. Hadi Farajvand
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Ph.D. in Political Sciences, University of Imam Sadegh
M.A. in Islamic and Political Science, University of Imam Sadegh
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
1998-2001 Expert/Specialist for International Affairs in the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in The Hague
2002-2007 Deputy Director of the National Authority for Disarmament Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007-2009 Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Poland
2009-2010 Senior Expert/Specialist for political affairs in the Office of the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2010-2015 Director of the National Authority for Disarmament Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2015-2019 Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Kenya
2020- 2021 Director of the Bureau, United Nation Security Council and Peacekeeping, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2021-2023 Director of the Bureau, Security Council and International Cooperation in Countering Terrorism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2023- present Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Netherlands
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Head of Delegation of Iran to the Diplomatic Conference of adopting and signing Minamata Convention on Mercury, Japan, 10-11 October 2013;
Head of Delegation of Iran to the Preparatory Conference of Minamata Convention, Japan, 7-9 October 2013;
Head of Delegation of Iran to the Inter-governmental Negotiating Committee for negotiating Mercury 2011-2013;
Head of Delegation of Iran to the Conference of Parties to the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention, Geneva 2015;
Head of Delegation of Iran to the Conference of Parties to the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention, Geneva 2013;
Chief negotiator and head of the delegation of Iran to Contention on Mercury;
Member of the delegation of Iran to the United Nations General Assembly and First Committee 1996;
Member of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF) of the Executive Council of the OPCW 1998-2001;
Vice-chair of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters 2001-2002;
Chair of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters, 2002 – 2006;
Vice-chair of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, 2013- 2015.
PATENTS and PUBLICATIONS:
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament of the Weapons of Mass Destruction after the Cold War and Its Impacts on the National Security of Iran;
Government and Politics in Bahrain;
National Security at Nuclear Weapons Era;
United Nations and Non-Proliferation of WMDs;
International Community and the Issue of WMDs;
Obstacles to Developing Civil Society in Iran;
Different Approaches on the South and North Relations;
The Role of the Nationalism and the Balkan Crises;
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).