H.E. Mr. Saadat Aghajani
Profile
Full Name: Saadat Aghajani Hamzeh Kalaei
Date of Birth: May 26, 1964
Education
Bachelor's in French Translation, Allameh Tabataba'i University (1991)
Master's in Social Communication Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University (2002)
Ph.D. in Social Communication Sciences (Incomplete), Sorbonne Paris North University (2003-2006)
Ph.D. in National Security Studies, Supreme National Defense University (2016)
Professional & Executive Experience
Employed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1992)
Expert in the Central Directorate of Recruitment Vetting (1992)
Expert in the Translation and Press Affairs Department (1993)
Consul Assistant of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Geneva (1993-1997)
Expert in Strategic Planning Center (1997-1999)
Deputy Director-General of the Strategic Planning Center (1999-2002)
Expert and Head of Political Section at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Paris (2002-2006)
Expert at the Monitoring and Coordination Center for Governmental Foreign Relations (2006-2009)
Head of the Europe Committee at the Secretariat of the Supreme National Security Council (2006-2007)
Interim Head of the Monitoring and Coordination Center for Governmental Foreign Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2013)
Media Affairs Expert at the Secretariat of the Strategic Council for Foreign Relations (2008-2013)
Member of the Fifth Development Plan Drafting Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2008)
Member of the Sixth Development Plan Drafting Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2014)
Member of the Scientific Human Resources Committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2012)
Virtuoso Expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013)
Advisor to the Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and America (2013-2016)
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Ecuador (2016-2020)
Accredited Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Peru (2016-2020)
Senior Expert in Economic Affairs (2020-Present)
Superior Expert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2021)
Advisor to the Deputy Foreign Minister for Administrative and Financial Affairs (2021-2023)
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations – New York (2023-Present)
Publications & Research
Research on Contemporary Iranian Figures, Institute for Contemporary History Studies (1998-1999)
Iran's Move towards an Information Society; Examining Iran's Communication and Information Policies and Plans in the 1990s, Daneshnameh-ye Bashgah-e Andisheh (English Translation: The Encyclopedia of Thought Club), 2023
Gordon Brown's Government (UK) Approach to Developments in Iraq, Events and Analysis Magazine (2007)
Popular Movements in the Arab World: EU Policies at a Crossroads, Institute for Contemporary History Studies (2011)
An Introduction to Discourse Analysis, Social Sciences Journal (2011)
Social Media: An Inevitable Tool for Interactive Diplomacy in the 21st Century, Foreign Policy Quarterly (2012)
Iran's Security Environment and the Necessities of Interactive Diplomacy, Iranian Diplomacy (2013)
The U.S. Hegemonic Approach to Shaping the Persian Gulf Security Regime and the Need for Structural Design for Security Dialogue among Regional Countries, 21st International Persian Gulf Conference (2012)
France: The Experience of Strategic Discontinuity, Iranian Diplomacy (2013)
Media Requirements in the Era of Waiting [for Imam Mahdi (a.s.)], 10th International Doctrine of Mahdism Conference (2014)
Social Media Networks: Cultural Challenges and Opportunities, National Security Quarterly (2015)
Iran-France Relations: A Pathology, Eureka Institute (2015)
Formulating Active Engagement Strategies in the Security Environment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Doctoral Dissertation (2016)
Scenarios of the Security Environment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, National Security Quarterly (2017)
COVID-19 Pandemic: National Security Challenge of the Islamic Republic of Iran Based on the Theoretical Framework of the Copenhagen School (2020)
Economic Diplomacy in Service of Developing Iranian Knowledge-Based Companies (2020)
Future Studies in Foreign Policy, Events and Analysis Magazine (2021)
Afghanistan's Future Studies Until 2023 (2021)