Mohammad Javad Zarif
محمدجواد ظریف
Zarif in 2021
Vice President of Iran for Strategic Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 August 2024
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Position established
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office 15 August 2013 – 25 August 2021
President	Hassan Rouhani
Deputy	Morteza Sarmadi
Preceded by	Ali Akbar Salehi
Succeeded by	Hossein Amir-Abdollahian
Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran
In office 6 September 2013 – 14 July 2015
President	Hassan Rouhani
Deputy	Abbas Araghchi
Preceded by	Saeed Jalili
Succeeded by	Abbas Araghchi (as head of JCPOA follow-up commission)[1]
Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations
In office 5 August 2002 – 25 July 2007
President	Mohammad Khatami Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mohd. Hadi Nejad Hosseinian
Succeeded by	Mohammad Khazaee
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-08) 8 January 1960 (age 64) Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Maryam Imanieh ​ (m. 1979)​ [2]
Children	2[3]
Awards	see below
Signature
Website	Government site
Academic background
Alma mater	San Francisco State (BA, MA) University of Denver (MA, PhD)
Thesis	Self-Defense in International Law and Policy (1988)
Academic work
Institutions	School of International Relations University of Tehran Islamic Azad University

Mohammad Javad Zarif (Persian: محمدجواد ظریف, romanized: Mohammad-Javād Zarīf; Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːædd͡ʒæˌvɒːde zæˌɾiːf]; born c. 7 January 1960) is an Iranian politician.^[4] He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 to 2021. He helped end the economic sanctions against Iran from many countries on 16 January 2016.^[5]

On 25 February 2019, Zarif resigned from his post as foreign minister.^[6] His resignation was rejected by President Hassan Rouhani.

Mohammad Yavad Zarif served as vice president of the Islamic Republic of Iran between August 1, 2024 and August 11, 2024 before resigning.^[7]

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