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Seyed Abbas Araghchi ( fa, سید عباس عراقچی, ; born 5 December 1962 in
Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
) is an Iranian diplomat who is the former political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran from 2017 to 2021. He previously held office as the Deputy for Asia–Pacific and the Commonwealth Affairs and Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran. He served as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in talks with the
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, in Hassan Rouhani's government. 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
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(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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1960 births Living people People from Tehran Iranian diplomats Alumni of the University of Kent Ambassadors of Iran to Japan Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch alumni Spokespersons for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War {{iran-diplomat-stub