Education
1988 Ph.D. International Studies
Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
1984 M.A. International Studies
Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
1982 M.A. International Relations
San Francisco State University
1981 B.A. International Relations
San Francisco State University
Major National Responsibilities
2024-2025 Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran for Strategic Affairs
2013-2021 Minister of Foreign Affairs
2013-2015 Head of Iranian Negotiating Team (JCPOA)
2011 Vice President, International Affairs, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2002-2007 Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York
2002-2005 Chief Nuclear Negotiator (Iran/E3)
1992- 2002 Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs
1989-1992 Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York
1988-1989 Advisor to the Foreign Minister
1982-1988 Advisor, later Counselor and Charge d’affaires, a.i., Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York
Major International Responsibilities
2007-2009 Chairman, Cultural Commission, UNESCO General Conference
2006-2007 Member, Group of Eminent Legal Experts to Revise the Charter of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
2003-2005 Vice-President, United Nations General Assembly
2001 Chairman, Asian Preparatory Meeting of the World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2000 – 2002 Member, UN Group of Eminent Persons on Dialogue among Civilizations
- Chairman, United Nations Disarmament Commission
2000 – 2002 Chairman, OIC High-Level Expert Committee on Dialogue among Civilizations
1998 Chairman of Political Committee, 12th Non-Aligned Summit, Durban
1998 Chairman, High-Level Governmental Expert Committee on Confidence Building
1997 – 2000 Member, Eminent Persons Advisory Group on Reform of Global Governance
1997 Spokesman, Chairman of Senior Officials, and Chairman of Political Committee, Eighth Islamic Summit Conference, Tehran
1997-1998 President, Asian African Legal Consultative Committee, New Delhi
1992-1993 Chairman, Sixth (Legal) Committee of the 47th United Nations General Assembly
Teaching Responsibilities
2019- Associate Professor of Global Studies, University of Tehran.
1989- 2019 Assistant Professor, School of International Relations, Tehran.
- 2009 Visiting Professor of International Law, University of Tehran.
Topics: World Order, Iranian Foreign Policy, U.S. Foreign Policy, Multilateral Diplomacy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations.
Books
Audacity of Resilience: Reflections on Eight Years as Foreign Minister, Beirut: Dar Hashem Publishing (forthcoming English Translation)
Jahan-e Pish-e Roo (The World Ahead: Perspectives on Global Order) (Editor), Tehran: Ettela’at Publishing, 2025. (forthcoming Persian Textbook)
Chalesh-haye Shenakhti dar Siasat-e Khareji-e Jomhoori Eslami Iran (Cognitive Challenges in the Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran,) with Sassan Karimi, Tehran: University of Tehran Publishing, 2025. (forthcoming Persian Textbook)
Somud al-Deblomasia (Audacity of Resilience: Reflections on Eight Years as Foreign Minister, Beirut, Dar Hashem Publishers, 2025. (Arabic Translation)
Paiab-e Shakibayee (Audacity of Resilience: Reflections on Eight Years as Foreign Minister), Tehran: Ettela’at Publishing, 2024. (Persian top seller)
Raz-e Sar be Mohr (The Nuclear Deal: The Untold Story of JCPOA) (6 volumes), with AA Salehi, et al, Tehran: Ettela’at Publishing, 2021. (Persian Textbook)
Doran-e Gozar Dar Ravabet-e Beinolmelal Dar Jahan-e Pasa Gharbi (Transition in International Relations of Post-Western World) with SMK Sajjadpoor and V Molaee, Tehran: Center for International Research and Education, 2016. (Persian Textbook)
Diplomacy-e Chand Janebeh: Pooyaei-e Mafhoomi va Karkardi-e Sazman-haye Binolmelali (Multilateral Diplomacy: Conceptual and Functional Dynamism of Regional and International Organizations), with SMK Sajjadpoor, Tehran: Center for International Research and Education, 2012. (Persian Textbook)
Sazman-haye Binolmelali (International Organizations), with SMK Sajjadpoor, Tehran: Mizan Press, 2010. (Persian Textbook)
Diplomacy Chand Janebeh: Nazaryeh va Amalkard Sazman-Haye Mantaghei va Beinolmelali (Multilateral Diplomacy: Theory and Practice of Regional and International Organizations) (3 Volumes) with SMK Sajjadpoor, Tehran: School of International Relations, 2008, (Persian Textbook).
Ravand-haye Jadid-e Binolmelali (New Trends in International Relations), With M. Zahrani, Tehran: Institute for Political and International Studies, 2005 (Persian Textbook).
Crossing the Divide: Dialogue among Civilization, with Giandominico Picco, et al, (South Orange, NJ, USA: Seton Hall University, 2001)
Self-Defense in International Law and Policy, (University of Denver, 1988.)
Essays
“Toward a Transformative Vision for West Asia: Establishing a “Muslim West Asian Dialogue Association” (MWADA)” Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Fall 2025 (forthcoming)
“The Culture of Peace from the Perspective of the Peace-Oriented Intellectual current in Iran” with R. Mohammadzade and A. Alikhani, Journal of Iranian Cultural Studies, 2025/8/9.
“The Time for a Paradigm Shift Is Now”, Foreign Policy, August 15, 2025.
“Exploring global health diplomacy in Iran: insights from experts in health and foreign policy”, with S. Taghizade, et al, BMJ Global Health, 2025.
“In this Time of Rancour, Fear and War, Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation in the Middle East is Still Possible”, The Guardian, 31 July 2025.
“The Legal Implications of Complicity in Genocide”, with R. Nasri, in Genocide in Gaza: Voices of Global Conscience, Ahmet Davutoğlu and Richard Falk (editors), Atlanta: Clarity Press, 2025.
“The Duality of Security and Securitization in International Relations (Example: Securitization of the Islamic Republic of Iran)” with S. Karimi, International Quarterly of Geopolitics, Volume 21, Issue 1, April 2025, Pages 217-243. (Persian with extended abstract in English)
“Misreading Iran: How Global Chaos Fuels False Narratives” Iran Daily, January 27, 2025.
“Reviving Iran’s Science Diplomacy: New Horizons Opened by President Pezeshkian”, with A. Rahimi and ATB Abadi, Archives of Iranian Medicine, 2025; 28(1):61-62.
“Amity Instead of Enmity: A New Iranian Approach to Regional Security and Prosperity” The Economist, December 24, 2024.
“How Iran Sees the Path to Peace” Foreign Affairs, December 2, 2024.
“A World in Transition: Rethinking the Current Global Order” with S. Karimi, China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1–29. October 2024.
“Conceptualization of the Hegemon Discourse of the Post-Revolutionary Iran in Septembers of Shiraz: A Cognitive-Multimodal Discourse Analysis” with others, Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies, Vol. 8, No. 4. Autumn 2024. pp. 653-705.
“The Inconsistency between the Discourses of Dignity and Intransigence in Foreign Relations” Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2024.
“Navigating Challenges and Future Directions for Conflict of Interest Disclosure among Iranian Authors in International Journals” with ATB Abadi, Pathobiology Research, 2024; 25(1): 67-71.
“Foreign Policy, Power, National Security and National Interests” Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Iranian Foreign Policy, December 27, 2023. (Persian)
“Trump’s Campaign to Re-securitize Iran”, with J. Afjeh, International Studies Journal, Vol. 20, No. 2 (78). Fall 2023.
“Multilateralism and International Security” International Organizations: Principles and Challenges, Mehdi Zakerian, editor, Tehran: Jahan-e- Siassat, 2023. (Persian Textbook)
“Iran and the cognitive challenge in various perceptions of strategic alliance in international relations” with S. Karimi, Journal of Countries Studies, Volume 1, No. 3, Fall 2023. (Persian with extended abstract in English)
“The reflection of intrinsic and extrinsic deficiencies of democracy in inefficiency” with A. Ghassemi, International Studies Journal, Vol. 19, No.4 (76), Spring 2023. (Persian with extended abstract in English)
“Securitization in the Transitional Period; A Threat to World Peace” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Peace and Conflict Resolution, 2023.
“Iran Wants the Nuclear Deal It Made” Foreign Affairs, January 22, 2021.
“Multilateralism and Ideational Power” International Studies Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2. fall 2017, pp.1-11.
“Beautiful Military Equipment Can’t Buy Middle East Peace” New York Times, May 26, 2017.
“Ready to Gift Peace to the Region” Al-Arabi Al Jadid, May 20, 2017 (Arabic)
“How to Handle the Enabling Conditions for Extremism and Terrorism” Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs, Vol 7 No. 1, Winter and Spring 2016. Also Translated in Arabic in Al-Ra’y, April 23, 2017.
“Let Us Rid the World of Wahhabism” New York Times, September 13, 2016.
“Why Iran is Building-Up Its Defenses” Washington Post, April 21, 2016.
“Riyadh’s Reckless Extremism” New York Times, January 11, 2016.
“Peace in Syria is Vital. And It’s Within Our Grasp” The Guardian, 18 December 2015.
“Neighbor Before Home: An Ethical Advice or a Strategic Necessity” Al-Ra’y, August 13, 2015. (Arabic)
“Iran Has Signed a Historic Nuclear Deal. Now It’s Israel’s Turn” The Guardian, 31 July 2015.
“The Imperative of a Comprehensive Strategy to Fight Violent Extremism” Harvard International Review, June 18, 2015
“A Message from Iran” New York Time, April 20, 2015.
“Occidentaux, ne manquez pas l’occasion de négocier !” Le Monde, 01.07.2014.
“We Can Make a Deal” Washington Post, June 15, 2014.
“What Iran Really Wants” Foreign Affairs, May-June 2014.
“Iran Keeps Its Word – The West Should Do the Same” Financial Times, March 18, 2014.
“Our Neighbors are our Priority” Al-Shargh Al-Awsat, November 21, 2013.
“Tackling the Iran-US Crisis: Need for a Paradigm Shift” Journal of International Affairs, Columbia University, Summer 2007.
“How Not to Inflame Iraq,” New York Times, February 8, 2007. Reprinted in International Herald Tribune.
“A Stronger Prescription for Security: Dialogue,” Global Agenda, (New York: United Nations Association of USA, 2005).
“A Neighbor’s Vision of New Iraq,” New York Times, May 10, 2003. Reprinted in International Herald Tribune, and several newspapers in the Persian Gulf region.
“Indispensable Power: Hegemonic Tendencies in a Globalized World,” Harvard International Review, Winter 2003.
“Missile Proliferation and Missile Defense” A disarmament Agenda for the Twenty-First Century, (New York: United Nations, 2002).
“Reflections on Terrorism, Dialogue and Global Ethics,” Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, Winter 2002.
“Preserving the Best of All Civilizations,” South Letter, Volume 3&4, 2001.
“Article XI: Hopes and Challenges” OPCW Synthesis, Spring 2001.
“Preface” Reimagining the Future, Towards Democratic Governance, (Bundoora, Australia: La Trobe University, 2000)
“Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iran’s Security Paradigm,” Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Volume XI, No. 4, Winter 1999-2000.
“Islam and Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” Enriching the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, (Geneva: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, 1999)
“The Need for Reform in the Organization of the Islamic Conference”, The Journal of Foreign Policy, (Persian), Volume XI, No.3, Fall 1997.
“Extra-Territorial Sanctions in International Law”, Report of the Seminar on the Extra-Territorial Application of National Legislation, (New Delhi: The Secretariat of AALCC, 1998.)
“Continuity and Change in Iran’s Post-Election Foreign Policy”, Foreign Policy Forum, Volumes III and IV, 1998.
“U.S. Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran,” Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Volume IX, No. 1, 1997.
“Unilateral US Sanctions Against Iran” The Journal of Foreign Policy (Persian), Vol. XI, No. 1, 1997.
“The Principles of International Law: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of their Promotion and Implementation,” International Law as a Language for International Relations, (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1996.)
“Impermissibility of the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons,” with J. Momtaz and S. Mirzaee, Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Volume VIII, No. 1, 1996.
“Security Considerations in the Middle East, An Iranian Approach” Arms and Technology Transfers: Security and Economic Considerations Among Importing and Exporting States, (Geneva: UNIDIR, 1995.)
“Legal Problems of the Arms Embargo against the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina” Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Volume VII, No.2, 1995.
“Anticipatory and Preventive Self-Defense in International Law” Iranian Journal of International Affairs, Volume I, No.1, 1989.
Personal Data
Born January 8, 1960
Married with two children and two grandchildren.
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