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).