After receiving his PhD in Public Policy from the University of Tehran, Yahya Parvandi took a role in many facilitations in policy-making throughout the country as a policy advisor at the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. Meanwhile, he started his social activities in the promotion of peace, where he faced Mediation for the first time at the Tehran Peace Museum. Now with less than a decade of experience in policy advising, he is an IM-Campus certified mediator trying to promote Mediation throughout his country.