Abbas Araghchi

Abbas Araghchi
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Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 September 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
In office December 2005 – 27 October 2007
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Deputy 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 63–64) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	School of International Relations Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch University of Kent
Awards	30px Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)

Abbas Araghchi (Persian: ‌عباس عراقچی‎‎, 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.