Abbas Araghchi

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Abbas َAraghchi
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Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Assumed office
1 September 2013
President Hassan Rouhani
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Preceded by Mehdi Akhondzadeh
Personal details
Born 1960
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
University of Kent

Abbas Araghchi[1] (Persian: ‌عباس عراقچی‎‎, About this sound pronunciation  Persian pronunciation: [ʔæbˌbɒːse æɾɒːɣˈt͡ʃʰi]; born 1960 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and diplomat who is Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran.[2] He is serving as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in talks with the P5+1.[3]

Araghchi received B.A. in Diplomatic Relations from Faculty of International Relations in 1989. He received an M.A. in Political Science in 1991 and Ph.D. in Politics & Government from University of Kent in 1995 entitled "The evolution of the concept of political participation in twentieth-century Islamic political thought".

A career diplomat, Dr. Araghchi entered the Foreign Ministry in 1990. He started his work in the International Department and soon upgraded as Deputy Director for Regional Organizations. From 1990 to 1991 he served as Charge' d' Affairs of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organization of Islamic Conference, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

From October 1997 to September 1998, Dr. Araghchi was Head of the Center for Persian Gulf and the Middle East Studies at the IPIS, a research institute affiliated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Prior to becoming Ambassador, Dr. Araghchi served from September 1998 as Director General of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS). Dr Araghchi has worked in the Institute as a Senior Researcher since his return from Britain, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1995. From 1998 to 1999 Dr. Araghchi was Editor in Chief of the Journal of Foreign Policy, a quarterly journal published by the IPIS.

Career[edit]

He served as ambassador to Finland (1999-2003) and Japan (2007-2011).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The surname is also transliterated as Araqchi.
  2. ^ a b "Deputy for Legal & International Affairs". Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 
  3. ^ "'Iran building confidence through IAEA cooperation'". PressTV. 1 November 2013. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Ramin Mehmanparast
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
2013
Succeeded by
Morteza Sarmadi
Preceded by
Mohammad Mehdi Akhondzadeh
Under Secretary for International and Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran
2013–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent