Mohammad-Javad Larijani
Mohammad-Javad Larijani | |
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| International Deputy for Chief Justice Secretary of High Council for Human rights | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2004 | |
| Appointed by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 28 May 1992 – 28 May 2000 | |
| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) Najaf, Iraq |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley Sharif University of Technology Qom Seminary |
Mohammad-Javad Larijani (Template:Lang-fa) is an Iranian conservative politician, mathematical logician and former diplomat. He is currently a top adviser to the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in foreign affairs[citation needed] and secretary of High Council for Human rights, Judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran.[1]
He has been a key planner of Iran's foreign policy, and led the ceasefire negotiations after Iran–Iraq War.
Early life and education
Larijani is the son of Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli and a brother of Ali Larijani, the current chairman of the Parliament and Sadegh Larijani, the current chief justice.[2] Larijani is a cousin of Ahmad Tavakkoli, who is the current director of Majlis Research Center.
Larijani, raised in a religious family, graduated from a hawza before starting his higher education in electrical engineering in Sharif University of Technology, wearing the uniform for the full four years. He later continued his studies outside Iran, in the Ph.D. program in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor at Imam Sadegh University and Sharif University of Technology.
Career
Larijani is the head of the human rights council in the judiciary and one of the top advisors to the supreme leader. Additionally Larijani has been the director of Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics in Tehran. Previously, he was a Majlis representative and the director of Majlis Research Center. He served as deputy minister of foreign affairs in the 1980s.[2]
Views
In a 2010 NBC News interview, Larijani defended the arrest of Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian feminist activist, and a prominent human rights lawyer. Sotoudeh was detained in September and faces trial for "collusion against national security" and "spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.".[3] Larijani told NBC News that Iranian authorities believed that she was engaged "in a very nasty campaign" against Iran's national security. Nasrin Sotoudeh works for Shirin Ebadi's law firm. Shirin Ebadi is the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
In May 2011, Larijani threatened to allow free passage of drug smugglers through Iran.[4]
In November 2011, Larijani claimed that nuclear weapons violate Islam.[5]
References
- ^ "Is Iran judiciary open to negotiating on human rights?". Al-Monitor. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ a b Katzman, Kenneth (17 June 2013). "Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses" (CRS Report for US Congress). Congressional Research Service. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Death penalty unlikely for rights lawyer". NBC News. 19 November 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ^ Now Iran threatens to allow transit of Afghan drugs to Europe unless we stop criticizing them Daily Mail, 14 May 2011.
- ^ Iranian official: Islam is against nukes, 17 November 2011, The Washington Examiner
External links
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Sharif University of Technology alumni
- Members of the 2nd Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Iranian Vice Ministers
- Iranian historians
- Iraqi emigrants to Iran
- Members of the 4th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 5th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Iranian Shia clerics who ceased wearing clerical clothing
- People from Amol