Sadegh Kharazi

Seyed Sadegh Kharazi
سید صادق خرازی
Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations
In office
30 August 1997 – 5 August 2002
President Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by Kamal Kharazi
Succeeded by M. Javad Zarif
Ambassador of Iran to France
In office
2002–2006
Personal details
Born March 2, 1963 (1963-03-02) (age 48)
Tehran, Iran
Spouse(s) Zahra Asqari
Alma mater New York University

Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Kharazi (born 2 March 1963)is an Iranian diplomat who has served twice as Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister.

He started his career in the government in 1983 during the Iran–Iraq War as a member of the Supreme Defense Council of Iran and the IRIB. He is Iran's former ambassador to the UN (1997–2002), and France (2002–2005). Kharazi was also the senior adviser to Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati. In addition Kharazi was chairman of the 1997 Tehran OIC Summit. He is currently on leave of absence due to his conflicting political viewpoint with the present Iranian administration and is former President Khatami's adviser.

He is a member of the board of several Iranian cultural, educational and research centers: Tehran University, the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran, the National Library of Iran et al. He was also a key figure in Iran’s two-year nuclear negotiations with the EU trio and past advocate of “normalisation” with the United States.

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