Mohammad Javad Zarif

Mohammad Javad Zarif Khansari
Mohammad Javad Zarif Khansari
	Zarif in 2021
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)
Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations
	In office; 5 August 2002 – 25 July 2007
President	Mohammad Khatami; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mohammad Hadi Nejad Hosseinian
Succeeded by	Mohammad Khazaee
Personal details
Born	8 January 1960; Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Maryam Imanieh (m. 1979)
Children	2
Awards	see below
Signature
Website	Government site
	Academic background and work
Fields	International law; International relations; International studies
Alma mater	San Francisco State University (B.A., M.A.) ; Columbia University (dropped out); University of Denver (M.A., Ph.D.)
Thesis	Self-Defense in International Law and Policy (1988)
Institutions	School of International Relations; University of Tehran; Islamic Azad University

Mohammad Javad Zarif Khansari (Persian: محمدجواد ظریف خوانساری, romanized: Mohammad-Javād Zarīf Khānsārī; Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːædd͡ʒæˌvɒːde zæˌɾiːf]; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in the government of Hassan Rouhani. 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, lifting the economic sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016. On 25 February 2019, Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister. 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. 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.

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