Mohammad Javad Zarif Politician
Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari (Persian: محمدجواد ظریف خوانساری, born 7 January 1960) is an Iranian diplomat, academic and current Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has held various significant diplomatic and cabinet posts since the 1990s.Zarif is also a visiting professor at the School of International Relations and University of Tehran, teaching diplomacy and international organizations. He was the Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007. Zarif has held other domestic and international positions as well: adviser and senior adviser to the Foreign Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister in Legal and International affairs, member of the prominent personalities of the Dialogue Among Civilizations, Head of the UN Disarmament Committee in New York, member of the prominent personalities of global governance, and Deputy in International Affairs of the Islamic Azad University.
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Office holder
| office | Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in International and Juridical Affairs |
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| party | Independent (politician) |
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