Majid Takht-Ravanchi
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Majid Takht-Ravanchi (also Takht-e-Ravanchi, Persian: مجید تختروانچی, 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.
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.
Negotiations
Takht-Ravanchi is a negotiator who accompanied Javad Zarif in a series of negotiations with the P5+1 (the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia plus Germany) prior to the conclusion of the 2015 JCPOA between Iran and the United States. He also participated in the 2025 Iran–United States negotiations at the expert level.
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| Preceded byHamid Aboutalebi | Deputy Chief of Staff of the President for Political Affairs 13 November 2017–8 April 2019 | Succeeded byFereydoun Verdinejad |
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| Preceded byAli Asghar Khaji | Under Secretary for European and American Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran 4 September 2013–13 November 2017 | Succeeded byOffice abolished |