Education
Yeganeh attended Tehran University from 1942-1946 obtaining a Bachelor in Law and Bachelor in Economics and then attended Columbia University from 1947-1951 obtaining an Master of Arts in Economics.
Yeganeh attended Tehran University from 1942-1946 obtaining a Bachelor in Law and Bachelor in Economics and then attended Columbia University from 1947-1951 obtaining an Master of Arts in Economics.
He wrote his dissertation thesis on "Commercial policies and foreign trade of Iran". He later worked for the United Nations as an economic affairs officer lieutenant was at the United Nations that Yeganeh worked under Charles Issawi, with whom he co-authored The Economics of Middle Eastern Oil in 1962.
He served in various positions including Deputy Minister of Economy of Iran for industrial and trade development (1964-1969), Minister of Development & Housing of Iran (1969-1970), Chairman of the Board of the Mortgage Bank of Iran (1969-1970), Senior Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of Iran (1970-1971), Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank (1971-1972), Executive Director of International Monetary Fund (1972-1973), Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (1973-1976), Minister of State of Iran dealing with international economic relations in regards to Organisation of Petroleum Export Countries, Paris Conference on International Economic Cooperation, CIEC (1976-1977), Minister of State in charge of Planning & Budget Organization of Iran (1977), Chairman of the Board of Directors of Organisation of Petroleum Export Countries Fund for International Development and Chairman of the working committee that established the Organisation of Petroleum Export Countries Fund (1976-1979), Minister of Economic Affairs & Finance of Iran (1977-1978), Alternate Executive Director of International Monetary Fund (1978-1980), Adjunct Professor of Economics at Columbia University (1980-1985).