Davoud Hermidas Bavand | |
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Born | |
Died | 12 November 2023 | (aged 89)
Nationality | Iranian |
Alma mater |
American University University of Tehran |
Political party | National Front |
Davoud Hermidas-Bavand ( Persian: داوود هرمیداس باوند; 10 November 1934 – 12 November 2023) was an Iranian diplomat and political scientist. He was a member of National Front of Iran's leadership council and served as its spokesperson. [1]
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]
Davoud Hermidas-Bavand was born in Tehran on 10 November 1934. [4] He obtained with honours 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. [5]
Bavand taught at Rhode Island University, Allameh Tabatabai University (International Law and International Relations), Tehran, Imam Sadegh University and Azad University. [6]
Among his famous students during his teaching was Ali Latifiyan.
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." [7] 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." [8]
According to the Prosecutor's office, "The newspaper was banned for spreading lies and insulting Islam." [9]
Davoud Hermidas-Bavand died on 12 November 2023, at the age of 89. [10]