Ali Akbar Velayati

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Ali Akbar Velayati
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority858,305 (52.5%)
Personal details
Born (1945-06-24) 24 June 1945 (age 78)
Rostamabad, Iran
Political partyIslamic Association of Physicians of Iran
Islamic Coalition Party[1]
Other political
affiliations		Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)
National Front (1961–1970s)
Spouse(s)Shirin Khoshnevisan (1980–2003, her death)
Leyla Enayati (2007–present)[2]
Children6
Alma materTehran University of Medical Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Awards Order of Knowledge (1st class)[3]
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Ali Akbar Velayati (

conservative politician and physician. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Velayati is a distinguished professor at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, senior adviser to the Supreme Leader in international affairs and head of the board of founders and the board of trustees of the Islamic Azad University
.

He is also a member of Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame, Expediency Discernment Council's President of Center for Strategic Research, senior fellow of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, and also a former member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. He is the secretary-general of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening.

He was the

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He is the first and only person to have held this position for over ten years. He was a candidate in 2013 presidential election
and lost, coming fifth out of the six candidates garnering 2,268,753 votes, which was 6.18% of the votes.

Early life and education

Velayati was born in Rostamabad village in

Expediency Council and Islamic Encyclopedia Foundation.[citation needed
]

Career

With 38 positions in the government, Velayati is known as the man with most official posts and responsibilities. He is known as one of the key figures of the "Mafia" who govern Iran's foreign ministry from inside the "Office of the Supreme leader" and make the most important decisions. He was appointed the International affairs advisor to the supreme leader of Iran in March 2021.[6]

In 1961, Velayeti joined

parliament from his home town in parliamentary election of that year. He was also a deputy minister of health from November 1980 to July 1981 in the cabinet of Mohammad-Ali Rajai.[citation needed
]

After winning the presidential election on 13 October 1981, then

Parliament of Iran, but Parliament voted against him on 22 October. Khamenei later proposed Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who gained Parliament's approval. In November 1986, Velayati argued that Iran should have diplomatic ties with all countries.[7]

During the premiership of Mousavi, Velayati served as the minister of foreign affairs. After the election of

Hashemi Rafsanjani as president, he retained his post until 1997, when Rafsanjani's term was ended.[4] He has been an advisor on international affairs to the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1997.[8][9]

AMIA bombing

In November 2006,

Rafsanjani, then president, Ali Fallahian, then intelligence minister, and Velayati, then foreign minister.[14]

Later years

Velayeti was appointed to the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations in 2006. He appears to be close to Supreme Leader

Imad Mughniyah, who had been killed on 12 February 2008, representing Khamenei on 14 February in Lebanon.[15]

On 30 October 2013, Velayati became head of

Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.[16] He was succeeded by Hassan Rouhani
.

In November 2019, the United States Treasury Department has sanctioned Velayati.[17]

Presidential campaigns

2005 presidential election

Iran's conservative alliance considered Velayati a possible candidate for

Rafsanjani
.

2013 presidential election

He announced his candidacy for the

Ahmadinejad's foreign policy.[18]
He received 2,268,753 of the votes, coming in fifth place.

Personal life

On 12 March 2020, the Tasnim News Agency reported that Velayati had tested positive for COVID-19. He was reported to be under quarantine.[19]

Works

Velayati has had a large number of books and academic works published, including:[citation needed]

  • Dynamism of Islamic and Iranian Culture and Civilization
  • Iran and the Question of Palestine
  • Iran and the Developments of Palestine
  • Historical Crisis of Iranian Identity
  • Intellectual Prelude to Constitutional Movement
  • History of Iran Foreign Relations under Shah Abbas Safavid I
  • History of Iran Foreign Relations under Shah Ismail Safavid II
  • Political History of the Iraqi Imposed War Against the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • History of Iran Foreign Relations under Nasser addin Shah and Mozaffar addin Shah
  • Tuberculosis
  • Infectious Diseases

References

  1. Institute for War & Peace Reporting, archived from the original
    on 11 June 2017, retrieved 5 June 2017
  2. ^ تمام اطلاعات خانوادگی کاندیداهای ریاست جمهوری یازدهم
  3. ^ نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟ (in Persian). Tasnim News Agency. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Candidate Profile: Ali Akbar Velayati". Asharq Alawsat. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Ali Akbar Velayati". IRDiplomacy. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  6. better source needed
    ]
  7. JSTOR 1148665
    .
  8. ^ Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. Doubleday. 2008. 224.
  9. ^ A. Ehteshami (2002). "The foreign policy of Iran". In Lynne Rienner (ed.). The foreign policies of Middle East states (PDF). Boulder, Co. pp. 283–290.
  10. ^ Stephens, Brett, "Iran's al Qaeda", Stephens' "Global View" column, editorial pages, The Wall Street Journal, 16 October 2007; p. A20
  11. ^ Wanted profile on Interpol website
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Argentina: More international arrest warrants issued for 1994 Jewish center bombing". South American Political and Economic Affairs. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  14. ^ Barsky, Yehudit (May 2003). "Hizballah" (PDF). The American Jewish Committee. Archived from the original (Terrorism Briefing) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  15. ^ Chalhoub, Elie (14 February 2012). "Imad Mughniyeh in Iran: The Stuff of Legends". Al Akhbar. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  16. ^ ولایتی جایگزین روحانی شد
  17. ^ Treasury Designates Supreme Leader of Iran’s Inner Circle Responsible for Advancing Regime’s Domestic and Foreign Oppression home.treasury.gov
  18. ^ Candidates profile Al Jazeera, 21 May 2013
  19. ^ "Top adviser to Iran's supreme leader infected with coronavirus: Tasnim". Reuters. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Minister of Foreign Affairs

1981–1997 		Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by President of Center for Strategic Research
2013–2017 		Succeeded by
Institute dissolved
Preceded by
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
 Chairman of Board of Trustees of Islamic Azad University
2017–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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