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Abbas Araghchi

Abbas Araghchi
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Vice Minister for Legal and International Affairs
Assumed office
1 September 2013
President Hassan Rouhani
In office
December 2005 – 27 October 2007
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Vice Minister for Asia–Pacific and the Commonwealth Affairs
In office
24 December 2011 – 30 August 2013
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
11 May 2013 – 30 August 2013
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by Ramin Mehmanparast
Succeeded by Marzieh Afkham
Ambassador to Japan
In office
28 October 2007 – November 2011
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ambassador to Finland
Accredited Ambassador to Estonia
In office
1999–2003
President Mohammad Khatami
Personal details
Born 1960 (age 56–57)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater School of International Relations
Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
University of Kent
Awards Orden al Mérito y Gestión IRI.png Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)
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Abbas Araghchi (Persian: ‌عباس عراقچی‎‎, About this sound pronunciation  Persian pronunciation: [ʔæbˌbɒːse æɾɒːɣˈt͡ʃʰi]; born 1960 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and career diplomat who is Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran. He is serving as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in talks with the P5+1.

Araghchi entered the Foreign Ministry in 1989. In early 1990s, he served as chargé d'affaires of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organization of Islamic Conference, based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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

Prior to becoming Ambassador, Araghchi served as Director General of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS). From 2004 to 2005, he was chancellor of School of International Relations.


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