Behrooz Abdolvand

{{Short description|Iranian economist and political scientist}}

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| birth_date = 22 June 1956

| birth_place = Imperial State of Iran

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Behrooz Abdolvand (born 22 June 1956) is an Iranian economist and political scientist known for his research on global energy politics. He is the coordinator of the Caspian Region Environmental and Energy Studies Center in Berlin and associated member of the German Council on Foreign Relations.{{cite web|title=Behrooz Abdolvand|url=https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/experts/16236|website=DGAP|accessdate=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313214821/https://dgap.org/en/think-tank/experts/16236|archive-date=13 March 2017|url-status=dead}} Abdolvand is also Board of Management Chairman at DF Deutsche Forfait AG and managing director of DESB GmbH, Berlin.{{cite web|title=Behrooz Abdolvand, DF Deutsche Forfait AG|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/19995166-behrooz-abdolvand|website=Bloomberg.com|accessdate=7 November 2017}}{{cite web|title=Behrooz Abdolvand: "US is using the Ukrainian conflict to weaken the positions of the Russian energy enterprises" {{!}} Vestnik Kavkaza|url=http://vestnikkavkaza.net/interviews/economy/59098.html|website=Vestnik Kavkaza|accessdate=7 November 2017|language=en-EN|archive-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313215253/http://vestnikkavkaza.net/interviews/economy/59098.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=BRIEF-DF Deutsche Forfait: Behrooz Abdolvand new chairman of management board|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-df-deutsche-forfait-behrooz-abdolv/brief-df-deutsche-forfait-behrooz-abdolvand-new-chairman-of-management-board-idUSASM000EUZ|website=Reuters|accessdate=7 November 2017|date=2017}}{{cite web|title=Iran eyes oil investments|url=https://www.azernews.az/region/98134.html|website=AzerNews|accessdate=7 November 2017|date=17 June 2016}}