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Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iranian foreign minister (born 1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohammad Javad Zarif (Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːædd͡ʒæˌvɒːde zæˌɾiːf]; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat[4] and academic. Zarif served as Vice President of Iran for Strategic Affairs from 1 August 2024 to 11th August 2024.[5] He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in the government of Hassan Rouhani.
Mohammad Javad Zarif | |
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![]() Zarif in 2021 | |
Vice President of Iran for Strategic Affairs | |
In office 1 August 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
Preceded by | Position established |
Head of Center for Strategic Studies | |
Assumed office 1 August 2024 | |
President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
Preceded by | Mostafa Zamanian |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran | |
In office 15 August 2013 – 25 August 2021 | |
President | Hassan Rouhani |
Deputy | Morteza Sarmadi |
Preceded by | Ali Akbar Salehi |
Succeeded by | Hossein Amir-Abdollahian |
Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran | |
In office 6 September 2013 – 14 July 2015 | |
President | Hassan Rouhani |
Deputy | Abbas Araghchi |
Preceded by | Saeed Jalili |
Succeeded by | Abbas Araghchi (as head of JCPOA follow-up commission)[1] |
Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations | |
In office 5 August 2002 – 25 July 2007 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Preceded by | Mohd. Hadi Nejad Hosseinian |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Khazaee |
Personal details | |
Born | successor (1960-01-08) 8 January 1960 (age 64) Tehran, Pahlavi Iran |
Died | successor |
Resting place | successor |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | [2] |
Children | 2[3] |
Parent |
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Awards | see below |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Government site |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | San Francisco State (BA, MA) University of Denver (MA, PhD) |
Thesis | Self-Defense in International Law and Policy (1988) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | School of International Relations University of Tehran Islamic Azad University |
During his tenure as foreign minister, he led the Iranian negotiation with P5+1 countries which produced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 14 July 2015,[6] lifting the economic sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016.[7] On 25 February 2019, Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister.[8] His resignation was rejected by Ali Khamenei and he continued as foreign minister.
Before assuming his current position, he held various significant diplomatic and cabinet posts. He is a visiting professor at the School of International Relations and University of Tehran, teaching diplomacy and international organizations. He was the Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007.[9] He served as an advisor and senior advisor to the Foreign Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister in Legal and International affairs, member of the UN Eminent Persons Group on Dialogue Among Civilizations, Head of the UN Disarmament Commission in New York, and Vice President for International Affairs of the Islamic Azad University.[10]