Majid Takht-Ravanchi

Majid Takht-Ravanchi (also Takht-e-Ravanchi, , 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.