Davoud Hermidas-Bavand

Davoud Hermidas Bavand
Personal details
Born	1934 (age 82–83) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	National Front
Alma mater	American University University of Tehran

Davoud Hermidas-Bavand (Persian: داوود هرمیداس باوند‎‎; born 1934 in Tehran) is an Iranian former career diplomat and political scientist. He is currently a member of National Front of Iran's leadership council and serves as its spokesperson.

Hermidas-Bavand served in Iran's delegation to the United Nations. He was Vice-Chairman of the ad hoc committee on the drafting of International Convention against the Taking of Hostages in 1979.

Bavand obtained with honors 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.

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." 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.”

According to the Prosecutor's office, "The newspaper was banned for spreading lies and insulting Islam."

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