Professor mansour farhang biography

The former Iranian ambassador to the U.N. was critical of the current Iranian government at a panel hosted by Sacramento State’s Iranian and Middle Eastern Studies Center in the Hinde Auditorium Thursday.

The panel titled “The U.S.-Iran Conflict” featured Mansour Farhang, Iran’s first representative to the U.N.

and senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Middle East Institute Gary Sick. The panel was hosted by Sac State political science professor Bahman Fozouni.

Farhang served as the Islamic Republic of Iran’s first ambassador to the U.N.

from 1979 to 1980, stepping down in protest during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 in which 52 Americans were detained within the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran.

Since then Farhang has taught at several schools including Princeton University, Claremont Graduate School and even Sac State.

He held a position as an advisor of Middle East Watch, a branch of Human Right