Abbas Araghchi
Sayyid Abbas Araghchi 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 P5+1, in Hassan Rouhani's government.
Some of the key events about Abbas Araghchi
- 1980Graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Tehran
- 1989Joined Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1994Appointed as Iran's Ambassador to Japan
- 2005Became Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs
- 2013Appointed as chief nuclear negotiator for Iran
- 2013Faced criticism for Iran's continued uranium enrichment during nuclear negotiations
- 2015Played a key role in negotiating the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (Iran nuclear deal)
- 2015Accused of misleading statements about Iran's ballistic missile program
- 2016Elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran
- 2017Appointed as political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2018Defended Iran's refusal to allow inspections of military sites under the nuclear deal
- 2019Led Iran's delegation in negotiations to save the nuclear deal after U.S. withdrawal
- 2019Warned European countries of consequences if they triggered dispute mechanism in nuclear deal
- 2020Threatened to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty amid tensions with the U.S.
- 2021Served as Iran's chief negotiator in Vienna talks to revive the nuclear deal
- 2021Criticized for Iran's decision to enrich uranium to 60% purity following Natanz incident
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