Ali Larijani
Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( Ali Larijani Laridjani or in Persian على اردشیر لاریجانی [ æli ː ri ː lɔ ː ʤɔ ː ni ː ]; born June 3, 1958 in Najaf, Iraq) is an Iranian politician. Larijani is considered henchman Ali Chamene'is, is secretary of the competent also for Nuclear Affairs and National Security Council since 26 May 2008, by the power shift in the Iranian parliament election in 2008, Speaker of the Parliament or Parliament President and was considered a potential candidate for President of Iran.
Life
Larijani, son of Ayatollah Hashem Amoli -, comes from a politically influential family. His brother Sadegh Larijani since 2009, Chairman of the Iranian judiciary, Mohammad Javad - director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Mathematics in Tehran, Bagher Larijani is director of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Fazel Larijani is an Iranian cultural attaché in Ottawa. Ali Larijani is married with Farideh, the daughter of Ayatollah Morteza Motahhari, and a cousin of Ahmad Tavakkoli.
Larijani studied mathematics, is a computer scientist and philosopher, and served under the presidency of Alī Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as Minister of Culture. From 1994 to 2004, he led the state television IRIB and was also a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Larijani was seen as opponents of " reform policy " of former President Mohammad Chātemī. In his time as head of television he has had only conservative voices to speak, criticized Iranian reformist politician. In the presidential election of June 2005, he had received as a candidate of the Conservative nearly six percent of the votes.
Larijani was appointed chief negotiator in the nuclear negotiations with the EU under the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He released on 18 August 2005 from the current as moderate Hassan Rohani. Under his leadership negotiated a breakthrough in the dispute over Iran's nuclear program could be achieved, however, because although it did not differ in substance from the line of presidents in the choice of words. On 20 October 2007, his supposedly long been intended resignation as chief negotiator in the nuclear talks with the EU -3 from government spokesman Gholam -Hossein Elham was announced, and was succeeded by Saeed Jalili. Diplomats interpret this as a victory for the hardliners to President Ahmadinejad.
According to his statement of 7 December 2007, on the occasion of the publication of the secret report by the U.S. government that Iran was "never" strive to enter into the possession of nuclear weapons. The formulation contained in the U.S. intelligence report recently published, Tehran have its nuclear weapons program in 2003, was simply a "lie".
By choosing President of the Parliament in May 2008 Larijani was seen as new strong man of Tehran, as the designated opponent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's chances in the next presidential election have been granted.
On 6 February 2009, he made at the Munich Security Conference on irritation. On the issue of the Holocaust, he said: He was in Western countries could be insulted with impunity Mohammed, Iran statements about the Holocaust were not illegal " a little surprised how sensitive you react. ". There were just as " different perspectives ". He was not a historian: "I am a politician, I do not want to talk about the issue now. " In a Spiegel Online interview given Lardischani described the Holocaust as a "historic event " that would not be the problem of Iran. In an interview with Euro News Larijani likened Iran's nuclear activities with the Japanese and insisted on a peaceful use of nuclear energy by Iran.
End of May 2012 Larijani was elected for the second time as Chairman of Parliament. He won the election with 173 of 275 votes against Ahmadinejad also Gholam Ali Haddad - critical -Adel, which accounted for 100 votes.