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Amir Hossein Zamaninia
Deputy, International Studies
Email : azamani@csr.ir
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Biography :
Education
- Law B.A. 1979 Qom, School of Law
- Political science M.A. 1986 Chico State University, California
- Criminal Justice Ph.D. Candidate Graduate School, New York
Professional Experience
Deputy of International Studies, Center for Strategic Research, Expediency Council, since 2008,
Senior Expert, International, legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (MFA) since 2005,
Member of the Editorial Board and Analysis and Review Group of the International Studies Department, Center for Strategic Research, Expediency Council, since 2005,
Assistant Secretary-General, Asian Parliamentary Assembly, on international and inter-parliamentary affairs, since 2006,
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Malaysia, 2004,
Director-General for international political affairs, MFA, 2000-2004,
(In this capacity, I directed policy development and execution on Disarmament and Security issues, as well as issues involving international Organizations, including the UN, OIC and the Non-Aligned Movement.)
Member of the Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the meetings of the Board of Governors of the IAEA and the European-Three negotiations on Iran’s nuclear file, 2003-2004,
Chairman, Senior Officials Meeting of the OIC, Jeddah, 2003,
Chairman, Political Committee, OIC Foreign Ministers, Tehran, 2003,
Head, Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the senior officials meeting of the NAM meeting of the Foreign Ministers, 2002,
Chairman, OIC political Committee to boycott Israeli products, Jeddah, 2002,
Head, Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to official, annual bilateral negotiations on "Disarmament, Regional and international Security affairs" with Germany, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, India and France, 2001-2004,
Head, Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Annual Conference of Interaction and Confidence in Asia, Almati, 2001-2004,
Head, Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the senior officials meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers, Khartoum, 2001,
Head, Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the senior officials meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers, San'a, Yemen, 2002,
Head, Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the senior officials meeting of the Movement of the Non-Aligned, Durban, 2002,
Member of the negotiation Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to each of the first five meetings of Ministers of Foreign affairs of the countries neighboring Iraq; Istanbul, Damascus, Riyadh, Tehran, Kuwait, 2003-2005,
Chairman, CSR and Pugwash international Seminar on Regional Security, Tehran, April 2006,
Chairman, CSR and the German SWP Roundtable on "Approaches to manage critical Security issues in the Region to Promote Regional and international Peace and Security", Tehran, May 2006,
Chairman, CSR International Conference on Iran's Peaceful Nuclear Program and the IAEA, Tehran, November 2005,
Chairman of the legal and Political Panel, International Conference on the Consequences of the Use of Chemical Weapon against Iran, MFA and Janbazan Foundation, Tehran, September 2007,
Chairman, CSR international Seminar on "United Nations and Iran", Tehran, 2006,
Member of the Delegation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations General Assembly, 1984-2004,
First Secretary and later Senior Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, dealing with Press, legal and later UN Security Council affairs, 1984-2000,
Rapporteur, United Nations Fifth Conference on Transnational Organized Crime, Vienna, 1988.
Academic Activities
Conducted seminars, as moderator and guest speaker, at many Universities and Research Institutes, Including:
International Islamic University, Malaysia:" Education as the medium of raising young leaders in the Muslim world", April 2004.
Columbia University: "Principles governing an effective promotion of human rights at the United Nations", October 1999.
Graduate School and University Center, New York: "Fighting terrorism in Afghanistan", September 1999.
Texas State University, Huston: "Iran's Foreign Policy priorities", November 1998.
Middle East Institute, Washington: "The challenges of developing a regional security arrangements in the Persian Gulf", December 1998.
Conducted More than 20 "Model United Nations" programs for American and European graduate schools, United Nations, New York, 1985-2000.
Publications
Final Document of 2005 Summit of the UN General Assembly: the end of UN reform or its continuity and Iran's options. United Nations Reform and Iran's strategic options: Center for Strategic Research, Tehran, 2007. (Persian)
Rules of Procedure of the Plenary of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly. This international document was commissioned by the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The draft was elaborated and adopted, by consensus, at the Second Plenary Session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly in November 2007. (English and Persian)
Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Middle East, with Hossein Mousavian: SOAS University publication, London, 2007. (English)
Proliferation Threats and Non-Proliferation perils, Center for Strategic Research, May 2006. (English)
Law Enforcement in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Socialist peoples' Libyan Arab Jamahiriya: A Comparative Study, with Casey Jordan, Police Studies, the International Review of Police Development: Volume 12, No. 2, Cincinnati, Ohio, summer 1989.
More than 200 United Nations documents; Security Council or General Assembly documents, on Iran-Iraq war and circumstances affecting the cease fire, 1984-2000.
Many articles about current events in Iran's foreign policy and the United States in US dailies like:
Unfounded Allegations against Iran, Washington Times, September 7, 1993.
Iran was merely First to condemn Rushdie, New York Times, February 25, 1994.
Iran responds to Masjid Destruction Story, Crescent International, May 1994.
Iran has'nt sent revolutionary guards to Bosnia, Washington Times, June 27, 1994.
Tehran not involved, New York Times, August 8, 1994.
Report on Iran is full of intrigue and mystery, Washington Times, February 17, 1995.
Good neighbor in Persian Gulf Region, New York Times, January 13, 1996.
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