{"id":1315,"date":"2026-06-27T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2026-06-27T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T12:42:58","slug":"appointment-of-dr-behzad-ahmadi-as-executive-director-of-the-institute-for-iran-eurasia-studies-iras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/appointment-of-dr-behzad-ahmadi-as-executive-director-of-the-institute-for-iran-eurasia-studies-iras\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment of Dr. Behzad Ahmadi as Executive Director of the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Following the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), adopted on 27 April 2026, <strong>Dr. Behzad Ahmadi<\/strong> has been appointed as <strong>Executive Director of IRAS<\/strong> by <strong>Dr. Mehdi Sanaei<\/strong>, Founder and President of the Institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Dr. Ahmadi is a faculty member at the Faculty of World Studies, University of Tehran. In addition to his academic and research activities, he serves as a member of the High Council for International Affairs of Iranian Cinema. His professional background also includes advisory experience in international business and cooperation with regional and international organizations in the fields of communications and information technology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">Announcing the appointment, Dr. Mehdi Sanaei expressed his confidence in Dr. Ahmadi&#8217;s ability to contribute to the Institute&#8217;s continued growth and development. Referring to his distinguished academic credentials and extensive professional experience, Dr. Sanaei emphasized that Dr. Ahmadi&#8217;s appointment would further strengthen the Institute&#8217;s research activities, expand its international engagement, and support the advancement of IRAS&#8217;s strategic objectives.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">The Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS) wishes Dr. Ahmadi every success in his new role and looks forward to his valuable contributions to the Institute&#8217;s future endeavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies (IRAS), adopted on 27 April 2026, Dr. Behzad Ahmadi has been appointed as Executive Director of IRAS by Dr. Mehdi Sanaei, Founder and President of the Institute. Dr. Ahmadi is a faculty member at the Faculty of World Studies, University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iras.ir\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}