Mohammad Javad Zarif
Mohammad Javad Zarif is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. Zarif is currently Vice President of Iran for Strategic Affairs Since August 2024. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in the government of Hassan Rouhani.
Some of the key events about Mohammad Javad Zarif
- 1982Earned a Ph.D. in International Law and Policy from the University of Denver
- 1988Appointed as Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs
- 1989Defended Iran's fatwa against author Salman Rushdie
- 2002Appointed as Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- 2002Accused of misleading the IAEA about Iran's nuclear program
- 2003Played a key role in negotiations with the U.S. over Afghanistan
- 2006Elected to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
- 2006Criticized for Iran's continued uranium enrichment despite UN resolutions
- 2009Supported the government's crackdown on protesters during the Green Movement
- 2011Implicated in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US
- 2013Appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
- 2013Faced criticism for shaking hands with US President Obama
- 2015Led Iran's negotiating team in reaching the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal
- 2015Accused of making anti-Semitic remarks at a UN forum
- 2016Awarded the Chatham House Prize for his role in the Iran nuclear deal
- 2017Received an honorary doctorate from the University of Tehran
- 2018Defended Iran's ballistic missile program despite international concerns
- 2019Sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for implementing the policies of Iran's Supreme Leader
- 2021Published a memoir titled "Mr. Ambassador" detailing his diplomatic career
- 2021Leaked audio revealed criticism of Revolutionary Guards' influence in diplomacy
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