Editing Mohammad-Javad Larijani (section)

==Early life and education==
Mohammad Javad Larijani was born to Iranian parents and is a brother of [[Ali Larijani]], former [[Parliament of Iran|chairman of the Parliament]] and [[Sadegh Larijani]], former [[Judiciary of Iran|chief justice]].<ref name=katzman13>{{cite web|last=Katzman|first=Kenneth|title=Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses|url=https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32048.pdf|work=Congressional Research Service|accessdate=3 August 2013|format=CRS Report for US Congress|date=17 June 2013}}</ref> Larijani is a cousin of [[Ahmad Tavakkoli]], who is the current director of [[Majlis Research Center]].

Larijani, raised in a religious family, graduated from a [[hawza]] before starting his higher education in electrical engineering in [[Aryamehr University]], wearing the uniform for the full four years. He later continued his studies outside Iran, and began to study in the [[PhD]] program in mathematics at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1917720,00.html | title=Will Iran's 'Kennedys' Challenge Ahmadinejad? | magazine=Time | date=17 August 2009 | last1=Wright | first1=Robin }}</ref> However, he did not complete his studies at Berkeley.<ref>Allyn Jackson. [https://www.ams.org/notices/200708/tx070801002p.pdf A Labor of Love: The Mathematics Genealogy Project] Notices of the AMS 54(8). pp.1002–1003</ref>