The School of International Relations (or SIR) ( fa, دانشکده روابط بین‌الملل وزارت امور خارجه) is an institute of higher education in Iran. The school trains an international student body, and is run by the

Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( fa, وزارت امور خارجه, Vezārat-e Omūr-e Khārejeh) is an Iranian government ministry headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran), Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is a member of cabinet. The ...

, under the supervision of the

Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) is the government ministry of science, research and technology in the Islamic Republic of Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's M ...

. More than 750 of the school's graduates have held diplomatic and government positions inside and outside Iran. SIR houses the Iranian Diplomatic Training Center (DTC) who trains domestic as well as foreign young diplomats. The DTC has trained more than 1000 diplomats from 60 nations. Professors of this school are mostly among the famous Iranian diplomats, mostly working in international organizations such as UN or in Embassies around the world. Mohammad Javad Zarif is a faculty member of the school.

Iason Athanasiadis Iason Athanasiadis is a writer, photographer, political analyst, and television producer who has contributed to a range of media, including the BBC, Al Jazeera English, and Channel 4. He specializes in the Middle East. Information A graduate ...

is a graduate of the school.

Faculty members

* Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister *

Abbas Araghchi Seyed Abbas Araghchi ( fa, سید عباس عراقچی, ; born 5 December 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian diplomat who is the former political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran from 2017 to 2021. He previously held office as the D ...

, Deputy Foreign Minister *Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, Head of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) *Mehdi Fakheri, former Agent Geneva *Mehdi Danesh Yazdi, Deputy Foreign Minister *Mohammad Reza Dehshiri, Iran's ambassador to Senegal *Mansour Rahmani, member of IISS *Sohrab Shahabi, former Minister's adviser *Saeed Agha Banihashemi, former ambassador in Hungary

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