Editing Mohammad-Javad Larijani

{{Short description|Iranian politician, logician, and diplomat (born 1951)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Mohammad-Javad Larijani
| image               = محمدجواد لاریجانی (cropped).jpg
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| office1             = [[Judicial system of Iran|International Deputy for Chief Justice]]<br />Secretary of [[High Council for Human Rights]]
| term_start1         = 27 July 2004
| term_end1           = 29 December 2019
| appointer1          = [[Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi]]
| predecessor1        = Position established
| successor1          = [[Ali Bagheri]]
| office2             = [[Parliament of Iran|Member of the Parliament of Iran]]
| term_start2         = 28 May 1992
| term_end2           = 28 May 2000
| constituency2       = [[Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (electoral district)|Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr]]
| birth_date          = {{birth year and age|1951}}
| birth_place         = [[Najaf]], [[Kingdom of Iraq]]
| relatives           = {{plainlist|
*[[Abdollah Javadi-Amoli]] (uncle)
*[[Ahmad Tavakoli]] (cousin)
*[[Fazel Larijani]] (brother)
*[[Ali Larijani]] (brother)
*[[Sadeq Larijani]] (brother)
*[[Bagher Larijani]] (brother)
}}
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = 
| alma_mater          = [[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]<br />[[Sharif University of Technology]]
| caption             = Larijani in 2023
}}

'''Mohammad-Javad Ardeshir Larijani''' ({{langx|fa|محمدجواد لاریجانی}}; born {{birth year|1951}}) is an Iranian [[Iranian Principlists|conservative]] politician and former diplomat. He is currently a top adviser to the Ayatollah [[Ali Khamenei]] in foreign affairs and secretary of [[High Council for Human rights|High Council for Human rights, Judiciary of Islamic Republic of Iran]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Is Iran judiciary open to negotiating on human rights?|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/08/iran-judiciary-human-rights-larijani-negotiations.html|publisher=[[Al-Monitor]]|date=4 August 2016|access-date=24 September 2016}}</ref>

He has been a key planner of Iran's foreign policy, and led the ceasefire negotiations after [[Iran–Iraq War]].

==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>

==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>

== Controversies ==
=== Views on capital punishment for narcotic offenses ===
Larijani has praised Iranian Judiciary for capital punishment of narcotic offenses. He has stated that the world should learn from Iran on this matter.<ref>[https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1392/12/13/302871/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%AC%D9%88%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%82-%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86 بهانه‌جویی نهادهای حقوق بشری از اعدام قاچاق‌چیان مواد مخدر در ایران] tasnimnews.com</ref>

=== Views on Obama ===
Larijani has stated on [[Barack Obama]] that "Since Obama came to office he spoke of dialogue with Iran, What has happened that this black "nigger" is talking about regime change in Iran".<ref>[https://aftabnews.ir/fa/news/94193/%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AE-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C اظهارات نژاد پرستانه به جای پاسخ سیاسی!] aftabnews.ir</ref> This racist statement was widely condemned by many Iranian politicians.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Iran|Biography}}
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* [http://www.ipm.ac.ir/personalinfo.jsp?PeopleCode=IP9900001 Larijani's information page] at [[Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics]] 
* {{cite web|url=https://charlierose.com/guests/4870|title=Mohammad-Javad Larijani|accessdate=2 August 2023|author=Charlie Rose}}
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