Family Name: ARAGHCHI
Date of Birth: 1962 Tehran
Marital Status: Married, with three children
Educational Background:
1995 Ph.D., Political Thought, University of Kent, England
1991 M.A., Political Science, Azad University, Tehran
1989 B.A., International Relations, School of International Relations, Tehran
Foreign Language:
English, Arabic
Carrier Background:
2005-2008 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Legal and International Affairs
2004-2005 Rector of School of International Relations (SIR), Tehran
2003-2004 Director of the First Division of the Western Europe, MFA
1999-2003 Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Finland
1999-2003 Ambassador of the I.R. of Iran, accredited to the Republic of Estonia
1999-1999 Director General of the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)
1998-1999 Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Foreign Policy, a quarterly journal published by the IPIS
1998 Deputy Director General for Research, IPIS
1997-1998 Head of the Center for Persian Gulf and the Middle East Studies, IPIS
1992 Charge d’Affairs of the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the OIC, Jeddah
1991-1992 Deputy Director for Islamic Forums, Regional and Non-Aliened Movement MFA
1988-1991 Expert at the International Affairs Division, MFA