Dr. FIRAYDOUN JAVAHERI holds a doctorate in agronomy. As a pioneer to Africa for twenty-seven years, he served the Bahá’í community in his roles of Auxiliary Board member and, then, Continental Counsellor. While in Zambia, he worked as chief technical adviser for the Food and Agricultural
Organization (an agency of the United Nations) and assisted, together with his wife Vida, in the establishment of the Banani International Secondary School. Dr. Javaheri served as a member of the International Teaching Centre from 1998 to 2003, and the Universal House of Justice from 2003 to 2018.