M. Javad Zarif

Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif ( _fa. 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.

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. [http://www.un.org/Dialogue/Zarif.html]

Zarif resigned from his position as Permanent Representative of Iran on July 6, 2007 [http://www.zarif.net/cv.html] . He was succeeded by Mohammad Khazaee. [http://www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/line-17/0707105140195837.htm] [http://www2.irna.com/en/news/view/line-22/0707268940012831.htm] [http://www.un.int/iran/]

In 2007, Zarif was a headline speaker at a 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. [http://american-iranian.org/events/]

Zarif currently teaches at Iran's School of International Relations in Tehran.

External links

* [http://www.zarif.net The Personal website of Dr. Javad Zarif]
* [http://www.asiasource.org/news/special_reports/zarif.cfm Exclusive Interview with Javad Zarif by Nermeen Shaikh of Asia Society]
* [http://www.un.int/iran/welcome/zarif.htm The biography of H.E. Dr. Javad Zarif at the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations]
* [http://www.un.org/Dialogue/Zarif.html Ambassador Zarif's profile at the U.N. Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations in 2001]
* [http://www.un.org/icc/speeches/617ira.htm Statement by H.E. Dr. Zarif at the UN ] (17 June 1998)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2590461775516908519&q=javad+zarif&hl=en Charlie Rose Show interview with Zarif, Feb 2007 (See 26th min)]
* [http://www.payvand.com/news/06/aug/1001.html Statement by H.E. Dr. Zarif before the UN Security Council] (July 31 2006)
* [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15825.htm H.E. Dr. Zarif speaks at Princeton University] (August 2006)
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/08/opinion/edzarif.php Opinion Piece by Dr. Zarif in the International Herald Tribune on U.S policy towards Iraq and Iran] (February 8 2007)
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/14/AR2007041401595.html Article about Zarif's exit from the United Nations in the Washington Post] (April 15 2007)