Editing Mohammad-Javad Larijani (section)

==Career==
Larijani is one of the top advisors to the supreme leader and the head of the [[Human rights in Iran|human rights]] council in the judiciary. The council rejects and condemns appointment of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran by United Nations and strongly opposes the western countries' positions about current human rights situation in Iran. Iran has repeatedly been accused of human rights violations, most recently after the November 2019 protests. The UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran has expressed "The Special Rapporteur is shocked at the number of deaths, serious injuries and reports of ill-treatment of persons detained during the November 2019 protests. According to reports, detainees are being tortured or are suffering other forms of ill-treatment, sometimes to extract forced confessions. There are also reports of denials of medical treatment, including for injuries caused by the excessive use of force by the security forces, with some other detainees being held incommunicado or being subjected to enforced disappearance. He is concerned about reports that families of individuals killed by the security forces have been threatened not to speak out. He remains highly concerned about the continuing restrictions on freedom of expression."<ref>{{cite web |title=Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. |url=https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Countries/IR/Report_of_the_Special_Rapporteur_on_the_situation_of_human_rights_in_the_Islamic_Republic_of_IranA4361.pdf |website=ohchr.org |publisher=Human Rights Council |accessdate=22 March 2020}}</ref>
Additionally Larijani has been the director of [[Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics]] in [[Tehran]]. Previously, he was a [[Majlis of Iran|Majlis]] representative and the director of [[Majlis Research Center]]. He served as deputy minister of foreign affairs in the 1980s.<ref name=katzman13/>

===Views===
In a 2010 NBC News interview, Larijani defended the arrest of [[Nasrin Sotoudeh]], an Iranian feminist activist, and a prominent human rights lawyer. Sotoudeh was detained in September and faces trial for "collusion against national security" and "spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic.".<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|title=Iranian official says U.S. hikers might not be spies |publisher=NBC News|date=19 November 2010 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40276864 |access-date=23 October 2010}}</ref> Larijani told NBC News that Iranian authorities believed that she was engaged "in a very nasty campaign" against Iran's national security. Nasrin Sotoudeh works for [[Shirin Ebadi]]'s law firm. [[Shirin Ebadi]] is the 2003 [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipient.

In November 2011, Larijani claimed that [[nuclear weapon]]s violate Islam.<ref>[http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/iranian-official-islam-against-nukes Iranian official: Islam is against nukes] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120407030500/http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/iranian-official-islam-against-nukes |date=7 April 2012 }}, 17 November 2011, ''[[The Washington Examiner]]''</ref>

In response to the [[Mahsa Amini protests]], Larijani said on Iranian broadcast [[Channel 3 (Iran)]] which has been translated by [[MEMRI]], "[Mahsa Amini] was detained by the police, and she was in a classroom when she suddenly collapsed. The police were enforcing the limitation on public nudity. You may call it 'hijab,' modesty, or whatever, but in all countries – without exception – there are limits on public nudity."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.memri.org/tv/former-khamenei-advisor-larijani-nuclear-weapons-mahsa-amini-protests-american-zionist-conspiracy | title=Former Khamenei Advisor Mohammad-Javad Larijani: Mahsa Amini Died While Police Was Enforcing Law Against Public Nudity, Such Laws Exist Everywhere; US, Zionists Are Behind Protests }}</ref>