Kamal Kharrazi, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is a Two-State Solution (Israel and Palestine) an Acceptable Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?"
- Reasoning:
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“If the Palestinians decide to have two states, we don’t mind, but we are for a one-state solution.”
Newsweek Staff, “Kamal Kharrazi,” www.newsweek.com, Oct. 10, 2004
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Confirmed by the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) as Foreign Minister, August 20, 1997
- Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, since 1989
- President of the Iran’s News Agency, 1980-1989
- Served as a member of the Supreme Defense Council of Iran and the Head of the War Information Headquarters, 1980-1988
- Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, 1979-1980
- Managing Director of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, 1979-1981
- Vice President of Iranian National Television from March to August 1979
- Founding member of the Islamic Research Institute, London
- Member of the American Association of University Professors
- Admitted to the New York Academy of Science, 1994
- Education:
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- PhD, Education, University of Houston, 1976
- MA, Education, Tehran University, 1972
- BA, English Literature, Tehran University, 1969
- Other:
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- None found