Ambassador to Finland Accredited Ambassador to Estonia
In office 1999–2003
President
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by
Hossein Rezvani
Succeeded by
Javad Kachoueian
Personal details
Born
1962 (age 61–62)[2] Tehran, Iran[2]
Alma mater
School of International Relations Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch University of Kent
Awards
Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)[3]
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Iran
Branch/service
Revolutionary Guards
Years of service
1979–1989[4]
Battles/wars
Iran–Iraq War
Sayyid Abbas Araghchi (Persian: سید عباس عراقچی, pronunciationⓘPersian pronunciation:[ʔæbˌbɒːseæɾɒːˈɢtʃi]; born 5 December 1962 in Tehran) 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[5] and Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran.[2] He served as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator in talks with the P5+1, in Hassan Rouhani's government.[6]
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.[2]
He served as ambassador to Finland (1999–2003) and Japan (2007–2011).[2]
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.[2]
^"Araghchi became Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo". Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian). 28 October 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ abcdef"Deputy for Legal & International Affairs". Islamic Republic of Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
^"Iran's FM, nuclear chief, DM receive medals for role in nuclear deal". Iranian Students' News Agency. 8 February 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^Marie Donovan; Paul Bucala & Caitlin Shayda Pendleton (15 June 2016), "Iran News Round Up: Former IRGC commander: Our ambassadors in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria are Quds Force members", AEI Critical Threats Project, with contributors Ken Hawrey and Shayan Enferadi, retrieved 10 September 2017
^"Seyyed Abbas Araghchi became Asia–Pacific Deputy of Minister of Foreign Affairs". Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian). 24 December 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^"Iran Demotes Top Nuclear Diplomat in Foreign Ministry Reshuffle - BNN Bloomberg". 14 September 2021.
Sayyid AbbasAraghchi (Persian: سید عباس عراقچی, pronunciation Persian pronunciation: [ʔæbˌbɒːse æɾɒːˈɢtʃi]; born 5 December 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian...
foreign ministers Iran's 2018 prisoner swap proposal to the United States "Araghchi appointed as head of 'JCPOA Follow-up Commission'". Mehr News Agency. 22...
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the document on key points which remain unresolved. On 22 July 2015, AbbasAraghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister who led the negotiations, made an announcement...
Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister AbbasAraghchi met with India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and referring...
to vote. Prior to the election, the Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, AbbasAraghchi accused France and the United States of interfering in the electoral...
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the Iranian embassy and should be held accountable in this regard." AbbasAraghchi, the political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, conveyed...
personal and family reasons and also that he was not a British official. AbbasAraghchi, the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that...
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is a graduate of the school. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister AbbasAraghchi, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, Head of the Institute...
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negotiations for the Nuclear program of Iran. The task was to negotiate with AbbasAraghchi and continue the high level discussions, while the technical level was...
City Theatre Complex and attended by nearly 3000 people, including AbbasAraghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, and Australian diplomats. It was also...
commission members Masoud Pezeshkian and Abbas Ali Mansouri Arani. In another session, current negotiators Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht-Ravanchi defended...
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enrichment possible." The Iranian official, Deputy Foreign Minister AbbasAraghchi noted that unilateral interpretations must be prevented and said: "the...
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country of Europe in the last years)." Iran – Foreign Ministry Spokesman AbbasAraghchi said that the protests are an internal matter for Turkey to resolve...
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Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)[3]