Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor at the Department of History of Neighboring Countries with Armenia at the History Faculty of YSU and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Rassian-Armenian University, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts after M. Mashtots (Matenadaran) and the Department of Oriental Source Studies and Historiography at the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS RA. Scientific interests: history of Armenian people and Iran, Persian source studies. Author of 7 monographs and about 30 articles.