Russian-Iranian Dialogue. Speakers
Tehran
Programme

On April 9, Tehran will for the first time host the Valdai Club’s Russia-Iran dialogue, organized in partnership with the Tehran-based Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS). Participants in the event will discuss the most acute issues of politics and security in the region and beyond.

  1. AMINIAN Bahador, Professor of the School for International Relation, Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Romania

  2. ARAGCHI Abbas, Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs

  3. BAKLITSKIY Andrey, Consultant at PIR Center, Research Fellow at the Center for Global Trends and International Organizations at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry

  4. BIKDELI Alireza, Senior Research Fellow, Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Turkey

  5. BORDACHEV Timofey, Program Director, Valdai Discussion Club; Director, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics

  6. BYSTRITSKIY Andrey, Chairman of the Board, Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

  7. DAMANPAK-JAMI Morteza, Vice President, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

  8. KARAMI Jahangir, Associate Professor of Tehran University

  9. KOULAIE Elaheh, Associate Professor of Tehran University, Former Member of Parliament (Majlis Shooraye Islami)

  10. KOZHOKIN Evgeny, Vice President, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)

  11. KUZNETSOV Vasily, Head, Center for Arab and Islamic Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

  12. LUKYANOV Fyodor, Research Director, Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club

  13. MALAEK Hossain, Senior Research Fellow, Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to China

  14. MALEKI Abbas, Professor of Energy Policy in Sharif University, Senior Associate at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of Harvard Kennedy School

  15. MARYASOV Alexander, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Islamic Republic of Iran (2001-2005), Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative to UN ESCAP (2010-2014)

  16. MORADI Manoocher, Head of the Office for Russian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Kyrgyz Republic

  17. MOUSAVI Seyed Rasoul, Advisor for Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Finland

  18. RAVANDI-FADAI Lana, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy Sciences

  19. SAJJADPOUR Seyed Mohammad Kazem, President, Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)

  20. SANAEI Mehdi, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation

  21. SHEIBANI Mohammad Reza, Senior Research Fellow, Former Deputy Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Former Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Syria

  22. SUSHENTSOV Andrey, Program Director, Valdai Discussion Club; Associate Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University); Head, Foreign Policy Advisory Group

  23. TISHEHYAR Mandana, Assistant Professor of Allameh Tabatabaei University (ATU), Director of International Academic cooperation in ATU

  24. TRUEVTSEV Konstantin, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

  25. VELAYATI Ali Akbar, Senior Advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran

  26. ZARIF Mohammad Javad, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran