ATU faculty member appointed as the Foreign Minister's scientific diplomacy advisor
In a letter of appointment issued in early November 2022, Dr Hossein Amirabdollahian appointed Dr Alireza Kouhkan as the Foreign Minister's Scientific Diplomacy Advisor.

Report by the Directorate for International Academic Cooperation–
In a letter of appointment signed by Dr Hossein Amirabdollahian, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr Alireza Kouhkan, a faculty member at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, was appointed as the Foreign Minister's Scientific Diplomacy Advisor.