Davoud Hermidas-Bavand

Davoud Hermidas-Bavand (Persian: داوود هرمیداس باوند‎; born 1934 in Tehran) is an Iranian former career diplomat and political scientist. He is currently a member of National Front of Iran's leadership council and serves as its spokesperson.[1]

Davoud Hermidas Bavand
Born1934 (age 85–86)
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Alma materAmerican University
University of Tehran
Political partyNational Front

Hermidas-Bavand served in Iran's delegation to the United Nations.[2] He was Vice-Chairman of the ad hoc committee on the drafting of International Convention against the Taking of Hostages in 1979.[3]

Education

Bavand obtained with honors a bachelor's degree in law and political sciences from Tehran University in 1957. He left Iran in 1958 and he was conferred a doctorate in international relations by American University, Washington, D.C., in 1963.[4]

Aseman newspaper case

Aseman (Sky), a reformist newspaper was shut because of an interview with Bavand after just one week of publication. The closure was done after Davoud Hermidas-Bavand described eye-for-an-eye punishment as "inhumane."[5] Aseman was aligned with the country’s new president Hassan Rouhani. Former reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, had endorsed the paper in a letter published in its first edition, saying, “Whenever the space for life tightens; whenever the land dries up and is deprived of water,” people “lift their eyes to the sky to keep hope alive.”[6]

According to the Prosecutor's office, "The newspaper was banned for spreading lies and insulting Islam."[7]

Books
  • "Historical, Legal and Political Sovereignty Over Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs"
  • "Landlocked and Semi-Landlocked Seas"
  • "Macro Policies and Micro Islands"
  • "Norouz, Violation of International Commitments and Consequent Responsibilities."

Notes
  1. Soraya Lennie (27 September 2013). "In Tehran, great hopes rest on nuclear diplomacy". The National. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. Reese Erlich, Robert Scheer (2016). Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis. Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 1317257375.
  3. United Nations General Assembly (1979). REPORT OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ON THE DRAFTING OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AGAINST THE TAKING OF HOSTAGES (PDF) (Report). New York. SUPPLEMENT No. 39 (A/34/39).CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  4. Iran Daily - Panorama - 11/26/05
  5. Iran shuts reformist paper over comments on law Reuters
  6. Iran’s Judiciary Closes a New Pro-Government Newspaper NY times
  7. Iran shuts reformist paper over comments on law UK Reuters
Party political offices
Preceded by
Parviz Varjavand		 Spokesperson of the National Front
2007–present		 Incumbent
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