About Amir Handjani

Amir Handjani is an energy lawyer, public affairs executive, and Partner at KARV, a leading strategic communications and public affairs firm based in New York. He was also a founding executive, former General Counsel, and Board Member of RAK Petroleum PCL, an Oslo-listed oil and gas company.

Amir has held senior roles at top foreign policy think tanks, including as Senior Fellow and Executive Committee Board Member at the Atlantic Council, and as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. His work focuses on U.S.-Iran relations, Persian Gulf security, global energy dynamics, and U.S. sanctions policy. Since 2015, he has served as a Security Fellow at the Truman National Security Project advancing principled U.S. global engagement.

A former Honors Program attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, Amir began his legal career as Associate Chief Counsel. He earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law. He is fluent in English, Farsi, and Turkish, and serves on the Cornell Children’s Health Council.

His analysis regularly appears in top-tier U.S. and European publications. Amir Handjani’s LinkedIn profile can be found here.