On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, The EastWest Institute’s Brussels Center (EWI) will hold a roundtable discussion with Dr. Sajjadpour (Tehran), Advisor on Strategic Affairs to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran.

Dr. Sajjadpour will outline Iran’s new foreign policy with a focus on European relations. His presentation will be followed by an open discussion moderated by Ambassador Dr. Beate Maeder-Metcalf, EWI’s Vice-President and Director of the Regional Security Program.

Dr. Sajjadpour is a former Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative for the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva. Prior to taking up this post, he was the Director of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), the research branch of Iran’s Foreign Ministry. Seyed Sajjadpour received his Ph.D. in political science from George Washington University and was a post–doctoral fellow at Harvard. He has taught at the College of International Relations of Tehran University, as well as at Azad University and Iran’s National Defense University. Seyed Sajjadjour is a regular contributor to the online journal Iranian Diplomacy.

The event is by invitation only. 

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