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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99h%C9%99mm%C9%99d_Cavad_Z%C9%99rif" title="Məhəmməd Cavad Zərif – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Məhəmməd Cavad Zərif" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81" title="محمدجواد ظریف – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="محمدجواد ظریف" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_D%C5%BEav%C3%A1d_Zar%C3%ADf" title="Mohammad Džavád Zaríf – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mohammad Džavád Zaríf" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Dschawad_Sarif" title="Mohammed Dschawad Sarif – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Mohammed Dschawad Sarif" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%E1%B8%A9ammad_Jav%C4%81d_Z%CC%A7ar%C4%ABf" title="Moḩammad Javād Z̧arīf – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Moḩammad Javād Z̧arīf" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Yavad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Yavad Zarif – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mohammad Yavad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81" title="محمدجواد ظریف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="محمدجواد ظریف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Djavad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Djavad Zarif – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Mohammad Djavad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A8%ED%95%98%EB%A7%88%EB%93%9C_%EC%9E%90%EB%B0%94%EB%93%9C_%EC%9E%90%EB%A6%AC%ED%94%84" title="모하마드 자바드 자리프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="모하마드 자바드 자리프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%A4_%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%A4_%D4%B6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D6%86" title="Մոհամմադ Ջավադ Զարիֆ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մոհամմադ Ջավադ Զարիֆ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Mohammad Javad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Mohammad Javad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%93_%D7%92%27%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%93_%D7%96%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A3" title="מוחמד ג'וואד זריף – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מוחמד ג'וואד זריף" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%93_%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%93_%E1%83%96%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="მუჰამედ ჯავად ზარიფი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მუჰამედ ჯავად ზარიფი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahometus_%C7%A6aw%C4%81d_%E1%BA%92ar%C4%ABf" title="Mahometus Ǧawād Ẓarīf – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Mahometus Ǧawād Ẓarīf" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AB" title="मोहम्मद जावद झरीफ – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मोहम्मद जावद झरीफ" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81" title="محمد جواد ظريف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="محمد جواد ظريف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%81" title="محمد جواد ظریف – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="محمد جواد ظریف" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Mohammad Javad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95" title="モハンマド・ジャヴァード・ザリーフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モハンマド・ジャヴァード・ザリーフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Mohammad Javad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_D%C5%BCawad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Dżawad Zarif – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Mohammad Dżawad Zarif" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Javad_Zarif" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mohammad Javad Zarif" 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Iranian politician and Vice President of Iran (born 1960)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) 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.nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">محمدجواد ظریف</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Mohammad_javad_zarif_in_2021_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="731" data-file-height="887" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Zarif in 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice President of Iran">Vice President of Iran</a><br />for Strategic Affairs</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 August 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian" title="Masoud Pezeshkian">Masoud Pezeshkian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Position established</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Advisor_to_the_President_of_Iran" title="Advisor to the President of Iran">Advisor to the President of Iran</a><br />Head of <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_Studies" title="Center for Strategic Studies">Center for Strategic Studies</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />1 August 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian" title="Masoud Pezeshkian">Masoud Pezeshkian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Mostafa Zamanian</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Affairs_Minister_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran">Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />15 August 2013 – 25 August 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Morteza_Sarmadi" title="Morteza Sarmadi">Morteza Sarmadi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Ali Akbar Salehi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Amir-Abdollahian" title="Hossein Amir-Abdollahian">Hossein Amir-Abdollahian</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_nuclear_negotiators" title="List of Iranian nuclear negotiators">Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />6 September 2013 – 14 July 2015</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi" title="Abbas Araghchi">Abbas Araghchi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Jalili" title="Saeed Jalili">Saeed Jalili</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi" title="Abbas Araghchi">Abbas Araghchi</a> (as head of <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/JCPOA" class="mw-redirect" title="JCPOA">JCPOA</a> follow-up commission)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_Iran_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations">Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />5 August 2002 – 25 July 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khatami" title="Mohammad Khatami">Mohammad Khatami</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hadi_Nejad_Hosseinian" title="Mohammad Hadi Nejad Hosseinian">Mohd. Hadi Nejad Hosseinian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khazaee" title="Mohammad Khazaee">Mohammad Khazaee</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-01-08</span>) </span>8 January 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_Iran" title="Pahlavi Iran">Pahlavi Iran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Maryam_Imanieh" title="Maryam Imanieh">Maryam Imanieh</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1979)<wbr /></div><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Accolades">see below</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Mohammad Javad Zarif's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg/128px-Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg/192px-Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg/256px-Signature_of_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="130" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mfa.gov.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=1&pageid=2162">Government site</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic background</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Josef_Korbel_School_of_International_Studies" title="Josef Korbel School of International Studies">University of Denver</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">PhD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Thesis" title="Thesis">Thesis</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65094080"><i>Self-Defense in International Law and Policy</i></a> (1988)</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Academic work</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Institutions</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/School_of_International_Relations" title="School of International Relations">School of International Relations</a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tehran" title="University of Tehran">University of Tehran</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Azad_University" title="Islamic Azad University">Islamic Azad University</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Mohammad Javad Zarif</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Persian pronunciation:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="fa-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Persian" title="Help:IPA/Persian">[mohæmːædd͡ʒæˌvɒːde<span class="wrap"> </span>zæˌɾiːf]</a></span>; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian <a href="/wiki/Career_diplomat" class="mw-redirect" title="Career diplomat">career diplomat</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and academic. He is Vice President for Strategic Affairs since August 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-return_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-return-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Iran)" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)">foreign minister of Iran</a> from 2013 until 2021 in the government of <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a>. </p><p>During his tenure as foreign minister, Zarif led the Iranian negotiation with <a href="/wiki/P5%2B1" title="P5+1">P5+1</a> countries which produced the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action</a> on 14 July 2015,<sup id="cite_ref-wp_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lifting the economic <a href="/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iran">sanctions against Iran</a> on 16 January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister in February 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His resignation was rejected by <a href="/wiki/Ali_Khamenei" title="Ali Khamenei">Ali Khamenei</a> and he continued as foreign minister. </p><p>Zarif has held various significant diplomatic and cabinet posts. He is a visiting professor at the <a href="/wiki/School_of_International_Relations" title="School of International Relations">School of International Relations</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tehran" title="University of Tehran">University of Tehran</a>, teaching diplomacy and international organizations. He was the <a href="/wiki/Permanent_Representative_of_Iran_to_the_United_Nations" title="Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations">Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Dialogue_Among_Civilizations" title="Dialogue Among Civilizations">Dialogue Among Civilizations</a>, Head of the UN Disarmament Commission in New York, and Vice President for International Affairs of the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Azad_University" title="Islamic Azad University">Islamic Azad University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zarif was born in <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> around 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although other sources have given the year of birth as 1959<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i>, Zarif was born to an "affluent, religiously devout and politically conservative merchant family in Tehran". His father was one of the most well-known businessmen of <a href="/wiki/Isfahan" title="Isfahan">Isfahan</a>, and his mother Efat Kashani (d. 2013)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was the daughter of one of the most famous businessmen of Tehran. He was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Alavi_School" title="Alavi School">Alavi School</a>, a private religious institution.<sup id="cite_ref-Alfoneh_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alfoneh-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zarif was shielded from TV, radio, and newspapers by his parents as a youth. There was only an alarm clock that played the Athan during prayers. Instead, he became exposed to revolutionary ideas by reading the books of <a href="/wiki/Ali_Shariati" title="Ali Shariati">Ali Shariati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samad_Behrangi" title="Samad Behrangi">Samad Behrangi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Alfoneh_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alfoneh-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At age 17, he left Iran for the United States. Zarif attended <a href="/wiki/Drew_School" title="Drew School">Drew College Preparatory School</a>, a private college-preparatory high school located in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Alfoneh_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alfoneh-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to study at <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_State_University" title="San Francisco State University">San Francisco State University</a>, from which he gained a B.A. in 1981 and M.A. in 1982, both in <a href="/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations">international relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rfe_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfe-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this, Zarif continued his studies at the <a href="/wiki/Josef_Korbel_School_of_International_Studies" title="Josef Korbel School of International Studies">Josef Korbel School of International Studies</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Denver" title="University of Denver">University of Denver</a>, from which he obtained a second M.A. in international relations in 1984 and a Ph.D. in international law and policy in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-tds4aug_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tds4aug-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His thesis was titled "Self-Defense in International Law and Policy."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tom Rowe, a professor at the graduate school who led the committee that oversaw Zarif's dissertation, said: "He was among the very best students that I've ever taught."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ved Nanda, who taught and was on Zarif's dissertation committee, recalled: "[He was] good in the classroom. At that time ... I thought he'd play an important part in his country's life."<sup id="cite_ref-RW_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RW-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Initial_missions_in_the_US">Initial missions in the US</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Initial missions in the US"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 1982 – , four years after the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a>, Zarif was appointed a member of the Iranian delegation to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> largely due to his English-speaking ability and relationships in America, rather than formal diplomatic training.<sup id="cite_ref-Alfoneh_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alfoneh-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a junior diplomat Zarif was involved in negotiations to win the release of U.S. hostages held by pro-Iranian gunmen in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, according to the memoirs of former United Nations envoy <a href="/wiki/Giandomenico_Picco" title="Giandomenico Picco">Giandomenico Picco</a>. Even though the United States did not make a promised reciprocal goodwill gesture at the time, Zarif remained committed to improving ties.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Zarif served as chairman of the Asian preparatory meeting of the <a href="/wiki/World_Conference_against_Racism" title="World Conference against Racism">World Conference against Racism</a> and as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Disarmament_Commission" title="United Nations Disarmament Commission">United Nations Disarmament Commission</a>. Zarif was also professor of international law at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tehran" title="University of Tehran">University of Tehran</a>. He served as the vice president of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Azad_University" title="Islamic Azad University">Islamic Azad University</a> in charge of foreign affairs from 2010 to 2012 under <a href="/wiki/Abdollah_Jasbi" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdollah Jasbi">Abdollah Jasbi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has served on the board of editors of a number of scholarly journals, including the <i>Iranian Journal of International Affairs</i> and <i>Iranian Foreign Policy</i>, and has written extensively on disarmament, human rights, international law, and regional conflicts.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Representative_at_the_United_Nations_(2002–2007)"><span id="Representative_at_the_United_Nations_.282002.E2.80.932007.29"></span>Representative at the United Nations (2002–2007)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Representative at the United Nations (2002–2007)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zarif served as Iran's representative at the United Nations from 2002 to 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-rfe_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rfe-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was closely linked with developing the so-called "Grand Bargain," a plan to resolve outstanding issues between the U.S. and Iran in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-bloom_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloom-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Zarif, during his time at the UN, held private meetings with a number of Washington politicians, including the then-Senators <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Biden" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Biden">Joseph Biden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bloom_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloom-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He resigned from office on 6 July 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khazaee" title="Mohammad Khazaee">Mohammad Khazaee</a> in the post.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2007, Zarif was a headline speaker at an <a href="/wiki/American_Iranian_Council" title="American Iranian Council">American Iranian Council</a> conference in <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick,_New_Jersey" title="New Brunswick, New Jersey">New Brunswick</a>, New Jersey including Chuck Hagel, <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich" title="Dennis Kucinich">Dennis Kucinich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Kristof" title="Nicholas Kristof">Nicholas Kristof</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Anders_Liden" class="mw-redirect" title="Anders Liden">Anders Liden</a> to discuss <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Iran–United States relations">Iranian-American</a> relations, and potential ways to increase dialogue and avoid conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(2013–2021)"><span id="Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_.282013.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2021)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Minister of Foreign Affairs (2013–2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg/220px-FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg/330px-FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg/440px-FM_Zarif_outside_of_Iran%27s_Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_06.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption>Zarif outside of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs</figcaption></figure> <p>On 23 July 2013, it was reported that Zarif was <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Rouhani</a>'s choice for minister of foreign affairs. This was not confirmed by the president-elect's office until 4 August when Rouhani officially nominated Zarif for the position to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliament of Iran">Iranian Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the parliament with 232 votes, replacing <a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Ali Akbar Salehi</a> in the position.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_(19663913956)_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_%2819663913956%29_cropped.jpg/220px-John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_%2819663913956%29_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_%2819663913956%29_cropped.jpg/330px-John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_%2819663913956%29_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_%2819663913956%29_cropped.jpg/440px-John_Kerry_Speaks_With_Hossein_Fereydoun_and_Javad_Zarif_before_Press_conference_in_Vienna_%2819663913956%29_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1948" data-file-height="1826" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> with <a href="/wiki/Hossein_Fereydoun" title="Hossein Fereydoun">Hossein Fereydoun</a>, the brother of 7th President of Iran <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Rouhani" title="Hassan Rouhani">Hassan Rouhani</a> and Mohammad Javad Zarif during the announcement of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action">Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action</a>, 14 July 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>Zarif welcomed the first visit by a foreign leader to Iran since Rouhani assumed the presidency ten days after his approval as Foreign Minister with the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>'s sultan, <a href="/wiki/Qaboos_bin_Said_Al_Said" class="mw-redirect" title="Qaboos bin Said Al Said">Qaboos bin Said Al Said</a>. Stories spread that there was a secret agenda to his meetings with Iranian officials, involving claims that he came to convey messages from the United States and then to relay Iran's response to White House officials.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 September 2013, in an exchange prompted by his <a href="/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah</a> greeting on Twitter, Zarif said that Iran does not <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denial#Iran" title="Holocaust denial">deny the Holocaust</a>, distancing the government from the often belligerent stances by former President <a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" title="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-time13_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time13-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Genuineness of Zarif's tweeting in English was confirmed by CNN's <a href="/wiki/Christiane_Amanpour" title="Christiane Amanpour">Christiane Amanpour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 September 2013, he met with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">United States Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> during <a href="/wiki/P5%2B1" title="P5+1">P5+1</a> and Iran summit. It was the highest-level direct contact between the United States and Iran in the last six years.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the meeting, Kerry said that "We had a constructive meeting, and I think all of us were pleased that Foreign Minister Zarif came and made a presentation to us, which was very different in tone and very different in the vision that he held out with respect to possibilities of the future."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the breakup of talks on 12 November, Zarif rejected Kerry's claim that Iran had been unable to accept the deal "at that particular moment". He said "no amount of spinning" could change what had happened in Geneva, but it could "further erode confidence". Zarif appeared to blame France for "gutting over half" of a US draft deal. Representatives from Iran and the so-called P5+1 – met again on 20 November.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Talks between senior American, Iranian and European diplomats in October 2014 produced no breakthrough agreement on curbing Iran's nuclear program, but officials said they still aimed to reach a deal by the 24 November deadline. A senior State Department official characterized each step of progress in the talks as "chipping away" at complex, technical differences, with virtually every sentence requiring an appendix of further explanation. "We continue to make progress, but there is still a substantial amount of work to be done," said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the difficult and secretive negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zarif and Kerry conferred, ahead of a fresh round of negotiations between Iran and six world powers in Geneva, on settling their 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Lower-level negotiators on both sides met at the same venue on 15 January 2015 to iron out technical details ahead of negotiations 3 days later between Iran and the "P5+1" powers – the US, France, Germany, Russia, China and Britain. Speaking at a Tehran news conference, Zarif said the purpose of the talks with Kerry "is to see if we can speed up and push the negotiations forward".<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February, Zarif said that Iran did not favor another extension of the talks on limiting its nuclear program and expected economic sanctions to be quickly lifted if an accord was reached. At a security conference in Munich, he said "Sanctions are a liability; you need to get rid of them if you want a solution." Of the long effort to forge an agreement, he said "This is the opportunity to do it, and we need to seize this opportunity. It may not be repeated." The nuclear talks have already been extended twice and face a late March deadline for working out the main outlines of an accord. The deadline for a detailed agreement is the end of June.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg/220px-Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg/330px-Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg/440px-Javad_Zarif_meeting_with_UK_foreign_minister_Boris_Johnson_in_Tehran_2017-12-09_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Zarif with then-U.K. Foreign Secretary <a href="/wiki/Boris_Johnson" title="Boris Johnson">Boris Johnson</a>, 9 December 2017</figcaption></figure><p>Based on the <i><a href="/wiki/Negotiations_on_Iran_nuclear_deal_framework" class="mw-redirect" title="Negotiations on Iran nuclear deal framework">Iran nuclear deal framework</a></i>, which was declared on 2 April, Iran agreed to accept significant restrictions on its nuclear program for at least a decade and submit to international inspections under a framework deal. In return, international sanctions would be lifted; whether in phases or all at once still needed to be worked out. </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nuclear_agreement">Nuclear agreement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Nuclear agreement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Geneva_interim_agreement_on_Iranian_nuclear_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program">Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program</a> and <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_agreement_on_the_Iranian_nuclear_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program">Comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear program</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU,_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU%2C_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg/250px-Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU%2C_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU%2C_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg/375px-Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU%2C_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU%2C_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg/500px-Secretary_Kerry_Poses_for_a_Group_Photo_With_Fellow_EU%2C_P5%2B1_Foreign_Ministers_and_Iranian_Foreign_Minister_Zarif_After_Reaching_Iran_Nuclear_Deal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4893" data-file-height="3262" /></a><figcaption>Zarif posed for a group photo shortly after finalizing the <a href="/wiki/Iran_nuclear_deal" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran nuclear deal">Iran nuclear deal</a> in Vienna on 4 July 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>On 21 November it was reported by Iranian negotiators that progress was being made in talks in Geneva with world powers, expressing hope to bridge differences and sign an elusive deal over Tehran's nuclear drive. In statements carried by Iranian media after a one-hour meeting with Baroness <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Ashton" title="Catherine Ashton">Ashton</a>, Zarif said "Differences of opinion remain and we are negotiating over them. God willing we will reach a result."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later, the <a href="/wiki/Geneva_interim_agreement_on_Iranian_nuclear_program" class="mw-redirect" title="Geneva interim agreement on Iranian nuclear program">Geneva interim agreement</a>, officially titled the Joint Plan of Action,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was signed between <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and the <a href="/wiki/P5%2B1" title="P5+1">P5+1 countries</a> in <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, Switzerland. It consisted of a short-term freeze of portions of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_program_of_Iran" title="Nuclear program of Iran">Iran's nuclear program</a> in exchange for decreased <a href="/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctions against Iran">economic sanctions on Iran</a>, as the countries worked toward a long-term agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_issues">Other issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif,_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif%2C_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg/250px-Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif%2C_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif%2C_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg/375px-Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif%2C_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif%2C_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg/500px-Iran%E2%80%99s_Zarif%2C_Indonesia%E2%80%99s_Marsudi_Meet_in_Tehran.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="532" /></a><figcaption>Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indonesian counterpart <a href="/wiki/Retno_Marsudi" title="Retno Marsudi">Retno Marsudi</a> held a meeting in the Iranian capital of <a href="/wiki/Tehran" title="Tehran">Tehran</a> on 13 January 2016.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_%281%29.jpg/220px-Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_%281%29.jpg/330px-Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_%281%29.jpg/440px-Zarif_Mogherini_meet_in_Tehran_2016_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="494" /></a><figcaption>Zarif with EU High Representative <a href="/wiki/Federica_Mogherini" title="Federica Mogherini">Federica Mogherini</a> in Tehran, 16 April 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>On 29 April 2015, while appearing on <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Rose_(talk_show)" title="Charlie Rose (talk show)"><i>The Charlie Rose Show</i></a>, Zarif was asked about the detention of <a href="/wiki/Jason_Rezaian" title="Jason Rezaian">Jason Rezaian</a>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a></i> reporter held in Iran for the past nine months. He responded, "We do not jail people for their opinions[.]"<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg/220px-Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg/330px-Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg/440px-Venezuela%E2%80%99s_Top_Diplomat_Visits_Iran-8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Zarif with <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>'s Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Jorge_Arreaza" title="Jorge Arreaza">Jorge Arreaza</a>, 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>Zarif condemned U.S. involvement in the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a>, saying the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> should be held "accountable for crimes against humanity".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 11 February 2019, Zarif met with <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Hezbollah</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Nasrallah" title="Hassan Nasrallah">Hassan Nasrallah</a> in Beirut. Nasrallah thanked Zarif for Iran's support of Hezbollah's fight against '<a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionist</a> aggression', and Zarif affirmed his country's "firm stance that supports Lebanon and its state, people and resistance".<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg/220px-Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg/330px-Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg/440px-Le_Drian_in_Tehran_05.jpg 2x" data-file-width="794" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>Zarif with French Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Jean-Yves_Le_Drian" title="Jean-Yves Le Drian">Jean-Yves Le Drian</a> in Tehran, 5 March 2018</figcaption></figure> <p>In an interview conducted by CBS News on 25 April 2019, Zarif said that he was the one who proposed <a href="/wiki/Iran%27s_2018_prisoner_swap_proposal_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran's 2018 prisoner swap proposal to the United States">Iran's prisoner swap proposal</a> to the U.S. government in October 2018, the proposal having been unanswered by the U.S. side up until that time. He added that the U.S. government must prove its seriousness before any negotiations.<sup id="cite_ref-R2_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-R4_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R4-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-R5_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-R5-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran's then Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Secretary of State in Trump administration, Mike Pompeo, described him as "chief apologist" for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zarif condemned the <a href="/wiki/2019_Turkish_offensive_into_north-eastern_Syria" title="2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria">2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria</a> viewing it as a violation of Syria's sovereignty.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However regarding the <a href="/wiki/American-led_intervention_in_the_Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War">US withdrawal from Syria</a> Zarif commented saying the US was an "irrelevant occupier in Syria", and said that Iran would be willing to mediate tensions between Syria and Turkey.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zarif called the <a href="/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_peace_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement">peace agreement</a> between <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> a betrayal against Arab and non-Arab countries in the Middle East.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Zarif defended Islamic Republic's moral policies at a joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in 2019. When a reporter from German tabloid Bild asked: "Why are homosexuals executed in Iran because of their sexual orientation?" He responded: "Our society has moral principles. And we live according to these principles. That means that the law is respected and the law is obeyed." .<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Resignation">Resignation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Resignation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zarif stepped down from his post on 25 February 2019, announcing his resignation on <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a>. After greetings in honor of Iranian Women's and Mothers' day, he wrote </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p> I am apologising [to] you (wholeheartedly) for my (inability to continue my service and any) shortcomings in the past years during my time as foreign minister... I thank the Iranian nation and officials.</p></blockquote> <p>Zarif did not elaborate or provide any further explanation.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An aide said that one of the reasons for Zarif's resignation was anger over his exclusion that day from meetings with Syrian president <a href="/wiki/Bashar_al-Assad" title="Bashar al-Assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>, who was visiting Tehran. Rouhani rejected Zarif's resignation two days later. <a href="/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" title="Qasem Soleimani">Qasem Soleimani</a>, the head of Iran's <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>, also rejected Zarif's resignation, with Soleimani remarking that Zarif is the "main person in charge of foreign policy."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sanctions">Sanctions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sanctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2019 the United States imposed sanctions on Zarif, and he was identified by the US as an "illegitimate spokesperson for Iran".<sup id="cite_ref-:0_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, a spokesman for <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> diplomatic chief <a href="/wiki/Federica_Mogherini" title="Federica Mogherini">Federica Mogherini</a> stated, "We regret this decision."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leaked_audiotape">Leaked audiotape</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Leaked audiotape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Leaked_Mohammad_Javad_Zarif_audiotape" title="Leaked Mohammad Javad Zarif audiotape">Leaked Mohammad Javad Zarif audiotape</a></div> <p>On 25 April 2021, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> published content from a leaked audiotape of a three-hour taped conversation between economist <a href="/wiki/Saeed_Laylaz" title="Saeed Laylaz">Saeed Laylaz</a> and Zarif. The taped conversation was connected to an oral history project, "In the Islamic Republic the military field rules," that documents the work of Iran's current administration.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tape was obtained by the London-based news channel <a href="/wiki/Iran_International" title="Iran International">Iran International</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the tape, which the <i>Times</i> refers to as "extraordinary" moments, Zarif criticizes <a href="/wiki/Qasem_Soleimani" title="Qasem Soleimani">Qasem Soleimani</a>, the commander of the <a href="/wiki/Quds_Force" title="Quds Force">Quds Force</a>, and Iran's elite <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps</a> (IRGC)<sup id="cite_ref-Mostafa_Salem_and_Ramin_Mostaghim_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mostafa_Salem_and_Ramin_Mostaghim-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and alleges that former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> told him that Israel attacked Iranian assets in Syria "at least 200 times."<sup id="cite_ref-:02_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#Bundling_citations" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This claim has too many footnotes for reading to be smooth. (August 2024)">excessive citations</span></a></i>]</sup> Although the tape has not been authenticated, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman did not deny its validity.<sup id="cite_ref-Mostafa_Salem_and_Ramin_Mostaghim_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mostafa_Salem_and_Ramin_Mostaghim-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vice_President">Vice President</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Vice President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zarif supported the candidacy of reformist <a href="/wiki/Masoud_Pezeshkian" title="Masoud Pezeshkian">Masoud Pezeshkian</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Iranian_presidential_election" title="2024 Iranian presidential election">2024 Iranian presidential election</a>. Following Pezeshkian's victory, Zarif was tasked creating the committees to select ministers for Pezeshkian’s cabinet. In August 2024, he was appointed by Pezeshkian as vice president in charge of strategic affairs. However, Zarif resigned shortly afterwards due to disagreements over the composition of Pezeshkian's cabinet, saying that the latter had failed to fulfill his promises to include more women, young people and ethnic groups.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But on August 27, Zarif announced his return to the post.<sup id="cite_ref-return_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-return-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accolades">Accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>9th <a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B5%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%AA_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:جشنواره ملی قهرمانان صنعت ایران">Iran National Industry Champions Festival</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s ‘Champion of Champions of Diplomacy’: 1392 <a href="/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar" title="Solar Hijri calendar">SH</a><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:خبرآنلاین">KhabarOnline</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s ‘Face of The Year’: 1392 <a href="/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar" title="Solar Hijri calendar">SH</a><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Time_100" title="Time 100"><i>TIME</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’</a> (2): 2014,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2015<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Global Risk Insights<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> ‘Person of the Year in Political Risk’: 2015<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham_House_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatham House Prize">Chatham House Prize</a>: 2016 (shared with <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_orders">National orders</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: National orders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Ribbon </th> <th>Distinction </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Date </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png/50px-Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png/75px-Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png/100px-Orden_al_M%C3%A9rito_y_Gesti%C3%B3n_IRI.png 2x" data-file-width="1031" data-file-height="264" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_and_Management" title="Order of Merit and Management">Order of Merit and Management, 1st Class</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> </td> <td>8 February 2016 </td> <td>Tehran </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/50px-BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/75px-BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/100px-BOL_Order_of_Condor_of_the_Andes_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Condor_of_the_Andes" title="Order of the Condor of the Andes">Grand Cross of Order of the Condor of the Andes</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a> </td> <td>26 August 2016 </td> <td>La Paz </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:OrdenKurmet.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/OrdenKurmet.png/50px-OrdenKurmet.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/OrdenKurmet.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friendship_(Kazakhstan)" title="Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)">Order of Friendship</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a> </td> <td>10 September 2018 </td> <td>Tehran </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Closing_ceremony_of_35th_Fajr_International_Film_Festival_09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Closing_ceremony_of_35th_Fajr_International_Film_Festival_09.jpg/220px-Closing_ceremony_of_35th_Fajr_International_Film_Festival_09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Closing_ceremony_of_35th_Fajr_International_Film_Festival_09.jpg/330px-Closing_ceremony_of_35th_Fajr_International_Film_Festival_09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Closing_ceremony_of_35th_Fajr_International_Film_Festival_09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="385" /></a><figcaption>Zarif with his wife at 35th <a href="/wiki/Fajr_International_Film_Festival" title="Fajr International Film Festival">Fajr International Film Festival</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Zarif is married and has a daughter who is an interior decorator and a son who is a marketing consultant, both of whom were born in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-time13_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time13-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RW_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RW-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He met his wife in summer 1979 through his sister. They married in Iran but moved to New York within several weeks in the midst of the Iranian revolution.<sup id="cite_ref-Alfoneh_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alfoneh-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to his native Persian, he is also fluent in English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_image">Public image</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Public image"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Zarif gained domestic popularity in Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His "Never threaten an Iranian!" remark, during the heated nuclear negotiations, gained attention from global news agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a poll conducted by <i>Information and Public Opinion Solutions LLC</i> (iPOS) in March 2016, Zarif was the most popular political figure in Iran with 76% approval and 7% disapproval ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_ministers_in_2017" title="List of foreign ministers in 2017">List of foreign ministers in 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_foreign_ministers" title="List of current foreign ministers">List of current foreign ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iran%27s_2018_prisoner_swap_proposal_to_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Iran's 2018 prisoner swap proposal to the United States">Iran's 2018 prisoner swap proposal to the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mohammad_Javad_Zarif&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations">Ambassador to the United Nations</a> </b><br />2002–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Khazaee" title="Mohammad Khazaee">Mohammad Khazaee</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Jalili" title="Saeed Jalili">Saeed Jalili</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Iranian_nuclear_negotiators" title="List of Iranian nuclear negotiators">Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran</a> </b><br />2013–2015 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi" title="Abbas Araghchi">Abbas Araghchi</a></div><i><b>as Head of <a href="/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action" title="Joint Comprehensive 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Interior_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Interior (Iran)">Minister of Interior</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdolreza_Rahmani_Fazli" title="Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli">Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Justice_(Iran)" title="Ministry of Justice (Iran)">Minister of Justice</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mostafa_Pourmohammadi" title="Mostafa Pourmohammadi">Mostafa Pourmohammadi</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alireza_Avayi" title="Alireza Avayi">Alireza Avayi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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of Iran">Chief of Staff</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nahavandian" title="Mohammad Nahavandian">Mohammad Nahavandian</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Vaezi" title="Mahmoud Vaezi">Mahmoud Vaezi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Organization_of_Iran" title="Atomic Energy Organization of Iran">Atomic Energy Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Ali Akbar Salehi</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Heritage,_Handcrafts_and_Tourism_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization">Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Najafi" title="Mohammad-Ali Najafi">Mohammad-Ali Najafi</a> (2013–2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoud_Soltanifar" title="Masoud Soltanifar">Masoud Soltanifar</a> (2014–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahra_Ahmadipour" title="Zahra Ahmadipour">Zahra Ahmadipour</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Asghar_Mounesan" title="Ali Asghar Mounesan">Ali Asghar Mounesan</a> (2017–2019)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Environment_(Iran)" title="Department of Environment (Iran)">Environmental Protection Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masoumeh_Ebtekar" title="Masoumeh Ebtekar">Masoumeh Ebtekar</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isa_Kalantari" title="Isa Kalantari">Isa Kalantari</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Foundation_of_Martyrs_and_Veterans_Affairs" title="Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs">Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Shahidi" title="Mohammad-Ali Shahidi">Mohammad-Ali Shahidi</a> (2013–2020)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Saeed_Ohadi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saeed Ohadi (page does not exist)">Saeed Ohadi</a> (2020–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Iran%27s_National_Elites_Foundation" title="Iran's National Elites Foundation">National Elites Foundation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sorena_Sattari" title="Sorena Sattari">Sorena Sattari</a> (2013–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Majid_Ansari" title="Majid Ansari">Majid Ansari</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein-Ali_Amiri" title="Hossein-Ali Amiri">Hossein-Ali Amiri</a> (2016–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Women and Family Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shahindokht_Molaverdi" title="Shahindokht Molaverdi">Shahindokht Molaverdi</a> (2013–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masoumeh_Ebtekar" title="Masoumeh Ebtekar">Masoumeh Ebtekar</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Legal Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elham_Aminzadeh" title="Elham Aminzadeh">Elham Aminzadeh</a> (2013–2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majid_Ansari" title="Majid Ansari">Majid Ansari</a> (2016–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laya_Joneydi" title="Laya Joneydi">Laya Joneydi</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bagher_Nobakht" title="Mohammad Bagher Nobakht">Mohammad Bagher Nobakht</a> (2013–2014)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Executive Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shariatmadari" title="Mohammad Shariatmadari">Mohammad Shariatmadari</a> (2013–2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President and Head of<br /><a href="/wiki/Administrative_and_Recruitment_Affairs_Organization" title="Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization">Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jamshid_Ansari" title="Jamshid Ansari">Jamshid Ansari</a> (2016–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vice President for Economic Affairs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nahavandian" title="Mohammad Nahavandian">Mohammad Nahavandian</a> (2017–2021)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>* Acting</small><br /><small><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Confirmations_of_Hassan_Rouhani%27s_Cabinet" title="Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet">Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet</a></div></small></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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title="Amir Kabir">Amir Kabir</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Mohammad-Ali_Khan_Shirazi" title="Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khan Shirazi">Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khan Shirazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Khan_Ansari" class="mw-redirect" title="Saeed Khan Ansari">Ansari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hosein_Khan_Moshir_od-Dowleh" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh">Moshir od-Dowleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saeed_Khan_Ansari" class="mw-redirect" title="Saeed Khan Ansari">Ansari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirza_Nasrullah_Khan" title="Mirza Nasrullah Khan">Nasrullah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firouz_Nosrat-ed-Dowleh_III" title="Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III">Nosrat-ed-Dowleh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Soheili" title="Ali Soheili">Soheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozaffar_Alam" title="Mozaffar Alam">Alam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Ala%27" title="Hossein Ala'">Ala'</a></li> <li><a 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title="Karim Khodapanahi">Khodapanahi</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Ali_Rajai" title="Mohammad-Ali Rajai">Rajai</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mir-Hossein_Mousavi" title="Mir-Hossein Mousavi">Mousavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Velayati" title="Ali Akbar Velayati">Velayati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Kharazi" title="Kamal Kharazi">Kharazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manouchehr_Mottaki" title="Manouchehr Mottaki">Mottaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Salehi" title="Ali Akbar Salehi">Salehi</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Zarif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hossein_Amir-Abdollahian" title="Hossein Amir-Abdollahian">Amir-Abdollahian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Bagheri" title="Ali Bagheri">Bagheri</a><sup>a</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi" title="Abbas Araghchi">Araghchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>a</sup> Acting</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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