Majid Takht-Ravanchi Explained

Majid Takht-Ravanchi
Office:Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations
Term Start:24 April 2019[1]
Term End:7 September 2022[2]
President:Hassan Rouhani
Ebrahim Raisi
Predecessor:Gholam-Ali Khoshroo
Successor:Amir Saeed Iravani
Office2:Ambassador of Iran to the Switzerland and Lichtenstein
Term Start2:2002
Term End2:2006
President2:Mohammad Khatami
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Birth Date:15 October 1958
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Awards: Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)[3]
Nationality:Iranian
Alma Mater:University of Kansas
Fordham University
University of Bern

Majid Takht-Ravanchi (also Takht-e-Ravanchi, fa|‌مجید تخت‌روانچی,[4] born 15 October 1958, in Tehran) is an Iranian diplomat who is currently political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran since September 2024. He served as the Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations from 2019 to 2022.[5]

Education

Takht-Ravanchi holds a BS and MS from the University of Kansas in civil engineering, an MA from Fordham University in international political economy and development, and a PhD from the University of Bern in political science.[6]

Negotiations

Takht-Ravanchi is a negotiator who has accompanied Javad Zarif in a series of negotiations with the P5+1 (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia plus Germany).[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iran's new UN envoy submits credentials to Guterres. 24 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Iran newly-appointed envoy submits credentials to UN chief . 8 September 2022 .
  3. News: http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/82000075/. Islamic Republic News Agency. fa:جهانگیری مصوبه اعطای نشان به تیم مذاکره‌کننده هسته‌ای را ابلاغ کرد. fa. 12 March 2016. 15 April 2016.
  4. Transliteration: Majīd-e Takht-e-Ravānchī; pronounced as /fa/
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/world/middleeast/iran-united-nations-ambassador.html Iran Picks Former Nuclear Negotiator to Lead Its U.N. Mission
  6. Web site: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamic Republic of IRAN . 2014-05-11 . 2014-03-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140306100434/http://www.mfa.gov.ir/index.aspx?siteid=3&pageid=2129 . dead .
  7. http://www.lobelog.com/officials-progress-at-iran-geneva-talks/ Officials: “Progress” at Iran Geneva Talks