Preceded by Parviz Varjavand Political party National Front Role Political Scientist | Name Davoud Hermidas-Bavand Nationality Iranian | |
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Alma mater American University
Tehran University Books The Historical, Political and Legal Bases of Iran's Sovereignty Over the Islands of Tunb & Abumusa Education University of Tehran, American University | ||
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.
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Hermidas-Bavand served in Iran's delegation to the United Nations. He was Vice-Chairman of the ad hoc committee on the drafting of International Convention against the Taking of Hostages in 1979.
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.
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." 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.”
According to the Prosecutor's office, "The newspaper was banned for spreading lies and insulting Islam."