Mohammad Javad Zarif
Mohammad-Javad Zarif محمد جواد ظریف | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations | |
| In office 5 August 2002 – 25 July 2007 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Hadi Nejad Hosseinian |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Khazaee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 8, 1960 Tehran, Iran |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Josef Korbel School of International Studies, (University of Denver) |
Mohammad Javad Zarif (Persian: محمد جواد ظریف), (b. 8 January 1960) is a former Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations. He presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General on August 5, 2002. From 1992 until his appointment to the U.N., he had worked as the Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs. Between 1989 and 1992, he had been the Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Career
Javad Zarif attended the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver and obtained a Ph.D. in International Law and Policy. He also attended San Francisco State University as a graduate student in the Department of International Relations.
In 2000, Zarif served as chairman of the Asian Preparatory Meeting of the World Conference on Racism and as the chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Commission.
Zarif was also a Professor of International Law at the Tehran University. He has served on the board of editors of a number of scholarly journals, including the Iranian Journal of International Affairs and Iranian Foreign Policy and has written extensively on disarmament, human rights, international law, and regional conflicts.[1]
Zarif resigned from his position as Permanent Representative of Iran on July 6, 2007.[2] He was succeeded by Mohammad Khazaee.[3] [4][5] In 2007, Zarif was a headline speaker at an American Iranian Council conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey including Chuck Hagel, Dennis Kucinich, Nicholas Kristof, and Anders Liden to discuss Iranian-American relations, and potential ways to increase dialogue and avoid conflict.[6]
Zarif currently teaches at Iran's School of International Relations in Tehran.
References
- ^ "Dr. Javad Zarif". Un.org. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "Welcome to the personal web site of Dr. M. Javad Zarif". Zarif.net. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "وب سایتهای ایرنا - Irna". Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ "وب سایتهای ایرنا". Irna. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
- ^ http://www.un.int/iran/
- ^ [1][dead link]
External links
- The Personal website of Dr. Javad Zarif
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Mohammad Javad Zarif on Charlie Rose
- Mohammad Javad Zarif at IMDb
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- Articles
- The biography of H.E. Dr. Javad Zarif at the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations
- Ambassador Zarif's profile at the U.N. Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations in 2001
- Statement by H.E. Dr. Zarif at the UN (17 June 1998)
- Exclusive Interview with Javad Zarif by Nermeen Shaikh of Asia Society
- Statement by H.E. Dr. Zarif before the UN Security Council (July 31, 2006)
- H.E. Dr. Zarif speaks at Princeton University (August 2006)
- Opinion Piece by Dr. Zarif in the International Herald Tribune on U.S policy towards Iraq and Iran (February 8, 2007)
- Article about Zarif's exit from the United Nations in the Washington Post (April 15, 2007)