| علی اصغر سلطانیه Dr. Ali Asghar Soltanieh |
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| Representative of Iran to the IAEA | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2005 |
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| Born | 1 October 1950 [1] Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | Utah State University |
| Religion | Shi'a Islam |
Ali Asghar Soltanieh (Persian: علی اصغر سلطانیه, born 1 October 1950) is Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
He has studied at Utah State University in the United States.[2]
For the three years immediately prior to taking up his position in Vienna, Ambassador Soltanieh was Head of Iran's National Escort Team for IAEA Inspections; a member of delegation to the IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference; and a member of the negotiating team, lran-EU3/EU Negotiation on Nuclear Energy.
Ambassador Soltanieh is a nuclear physicist by training and as Associate Professor at faculties of science and international relations in various universities between 1988 and 1997 taught and supervised graduate students in nuclear physics, and from 2000 to the present in disarmament & international security.
During the last quarter of the century he has been involved, as a nuclear physicist and senior diplomat, in the capacity of special envoy, delegate, chief negotiator, and invited speaker, in numerous international events on disarmament and international security, such as NPT, CWC, BWC, CTBT, CCW, and has worked closely with the relevant international scientific and technical organizations such as UN, IAEA, OPCW, and other specialized international organizations such as WHO, ILO, IPU, QIC, WMO, TWAS and ICDO. He has published several papers in aforementioned areas.
The Ambassador is married, with two children.[3]
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| Preceded by Ali Akbar Salehi |
Ambassador of Iran to IAEA 2005-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |