Dr. Dolatyar was appointed to his current post in 2009. He was Director General of the Department of Western Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran 2006-2009. Before that served as Iranian envoy to the UN General Assembly Legal Committee. In 1999-2002 he was Director of the Department of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He holds Ph.D. International Relations at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.