Biography

Abbas Araghchi is an Iranian diplomat and statesman, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran.

Abbas studied at the School of International Relations, affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he earned a bachelor's degree in international relations. He then continued his studies at the Islamic Azad University in central Tehran, where he earned a master's degree in political science. In 1996, Abbas defended his doctoral dissertation, 'The Evolution of the Concept of Political Participation in Twentieth-Century Islamic Political Thought', at the University of Kent in the UK.

In 1989, Abbas joined the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the early 1990s, he served as Chargé d'Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Iran to the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In 1998, Araghchi became director general of the Institute for Political and International Studies and editor-in-chief of the journal Foreign Policy. From 2004 to 2005, Abbas served as dean of the School of International Affairs. Abbas headed Iran's diplomatic missions several times: in Finland (1999-2003) and Japan (2008-2011). From 2013 to 2021, Araghchi held key positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs, and Deputy Minister for Asia-Pacific and Commonwealth Affairs. In August 2024, Araghchi was appointed Iranian Foreign Minister under President Masoud Pezeshkian. His candidacy was approved by the Islamic Consultative Assembly on August 21.
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Iran's 67th foreign minister and the 11th since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

In January 2025, Abbas became the first Iranian Foreign Minister to visit Afghanistan since the Taliban came to power in 2021.

A decade ago, during the nuclear negotiations, Araghchi had become a grandfather and famously exchanged grandchild photos with Wendy Sherman, then US Deputy Secretary of State, who had also become a grandmother during the talks.