18 Facts About Manouchehr Mottaki

Manouchehr Mottaki is an Iranian politician and diplomat who currently is a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis since 2024.

Manouchehr Mottaki was the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2010.

Manouchehr Mottaki was a presidential candidate in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew before the polling began.

Manouchehr Mottaki went to Khorasan province and established a school in a poor village around Mashhad and taught there.

Manouchehr Mottaki earned a bachelor's degree from Bangalore University in India in 1977.

Manouchehr Mottaki holds a master's degree in international relations that he received from the University of Tehran.

Manouchehr Mottaki served as the member of parliament in the first Majlis, head of the 7th political bureau of foreign ministry, Iran's ambassador to Turkey, ministry's secretary general for Western European affairs, deputy foreign minister for international affairs and deputy foreign minister for legal, consular and parliamentary affairs.

Manouchehr Mottaki was Iran's ambassador to Japan, advisor to foreign minister, deputy head of culture and Islamic communications organization and head of foreign relations committee of the 7th Majlis national security and foreign policy commission.

Manouchehr Mottaki then developed within the ministry during 24 years of continuous presence in different positions.

On 24 August 2005, Manouchehr Mottaki was appointed foreign minister after the Majlis approved him as minister with 220 votes in favor.

Manouchehr Mottaki was appointed foreign minister to the second cabinet of Ahmadinejad in 2009.

Manouchehr Mottaki's term ended on 13 December 2010 when he was dismissed, something that had been widely speculated as a power struggle within the conservative establishment.

Manouchehr Mottaki was supported by Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader, which the party later changed its presidential candidate from Mottaki to Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard.

Manouchehr Mottaki registered as a presidential candidate in the first day of nomination in the Ministry of Interior.

Manouchehr Mottaki withdrew from his nomination and suspended his presidential campaign just hours before the council's announcement of final candidates.

Manouchehr Mottaki called for negotiations and said Iran does not seek nuclear weapons, and instead wants the same rights as other members of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Manouchehr Mottaki defended the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust as a "gathering of truth-seekers".

Manouchehr Mottaki claimed that "there has never been such a phenomenon as Antisemitism" in the Muslim world.