Majid Takht-Ravanchi | |
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| Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations | |
| In office 24 April 2019[1] – 7 September 2022[2] | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani Ebrahim Raisi |
| Preceded by | Gholam-Ali Khoshroo |
| Succeeded by | Saeed Iravani |
| Ambassador of Iran to the Switzerland and Lichtenstein | |
| In office 2002–2006 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 October 1958 Tehran, Iran |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas Fordham University University of Bern |
| Awards |  Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)[3] |
Majid Takht-Ravanchi (also Takht-e-Ravanchi, Persian: مجید تختروانچی,[4] born 15 October 1958, in Tehran) is an Iranian diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations from 2019 to 2022.[5]
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]
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]