Alireza Sheikhattar

Alireza Sheikhattar (born 9 June 1952 in Tehran) is an Iranian diplomat and previous ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Berlin.

After receiving a BA in chemistry from Sharif University of Technology he earned a Masters in Management. Sheikhattar speaks Persian (mother tongue), English and Turkish. The Official Website of Iranian Embassy describes him as director of the Poly Acrylic Company of Iran from 1977 to 1979. From 2003 to 2005 he was managing director and chief editor of the daily newspaper Hamshahri.

Sheikh Attar is married and has three children

Sheikhattar was governor from 1980 to 1985 of the provinces of Kordestan and West Azerbaijan. Subsequently, he was Deputy Minister of Industry 1985-1989. After that, he had from 1990 to 1992 the office of adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the CIS countries. From 1992 to 1998 he was Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Delhi, from 1998 to 1999 in the Office of the Secretary-General. Sheikhattar was then 1999-2005 Advisor to the Supreme National Security Council and director of research for Asia at the Center for Strategic Studies. From 2005 to 2007 served as Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs and from 2007 to 2008 as Deputy Foreign Minister and Vice Minister for the Middle East and CIS countries.

Ambassador to Berlin

Since October 2008, Sheikh Attar works after a long diplomatic tug of war as Ambassador of the National Republic of Iran to Berlin. He succeeds former Ambassador Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh Basti.

• 1982: Kurdistan
• 1992: The roots of political behavior in the Caucasus and Central Asia
• 2002: Religion and Politics in India
• 2003: The Kurds and the Regional and National Powers

He is a prolific writer both in Persian and English on the topics of Management, Central Asia, India, Iraq and Kurdistan.