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Iran's U.N. ambassador addresses nuclear issue, Oct. 17
Posted October 12, 2005; 06:21 p.m.
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, will discuss "Iran, the West and the Nuclear Issue" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Zarif has served as Iran's U.N. ambassador since August 2002. Prior
to that appointment, he spent 10 years as the country's deputy foreign
minister for legal and international affairs. He also has held a
variety of senior positions in the Iranian Foreign Ministry and several
international organizations.
Zarif has written extensively on disarmament, human rights, international law and regional conflicts. In addition to his diplomatic responsibilities, he has been a visiting professor at the University of Tehran, where he has taught courses on human rights, international law and multilateral diplomacy.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as part of its "Ambassador's Forum" series.