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Mohammad Javad Zarif
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former Vice President for Strategic Affairs of Iran
Key facts
- President
- Masoud Pezeshkian
- Preceded by
- Position established
- Succeeded by
- Mohsen Esmaeili
- Deputy
- Morteza Sarmadi
- Born
- ( 1960-01-08 ) 8 January 1960 (age 66) , Tehran , Imperial State of Iran
- Party
- Independent
- Spouse
- Maryam Imanieh ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1979 )
- Awards
- see below
- Website
- Government site
- Alma mater
- San Francisco State ( BA , MA ), University of Denver ( MA , PhD )
- Thesis
- Self-Defense in International Law and Policy (1988)
- Institutions
- School of International Relations , University of Tehran , Islamic Azad University
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Employer
- University of Tehran
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Shia Islam
- Official website
- www.mfa.gov.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=2162
- Image
- Mohammad javad zarif in 2021.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1960-01-07
- affiliation string
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran
- name in native language
- محمدجواد ظریف
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Encyclopedic overview
Mohammad Javad Zarif ( Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːædd͡ʒæˌvɒːde zæˌɾiːf]; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He served as the vice president for strategic affairs from August 2024 to March 2025. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in the government of Hassan Rouhani.
During his tenure as foreign minister, Zarif led the Iranian negotiation with P5+1 countries which produced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 14 July 2015, lifting the economic sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016. Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister in February 2019. His resignation was rejected by Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, and he continued as foreign minister.
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