Saeed Jalili

Saeed Jalili
Saeed Jalili in "an interview with KHAMENEI.IR"
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Assumed office
12 September 2013
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
In office
20 October 2007 – 10 September 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byAli Larijani
Succeeded byAli Shamkhani
Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran
In office
21 October 2007 – 5 September 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
DeputyAli Bagheri
Preceded byAli Larijani
Succeeded byMohammad Javad Zarif
Personal details
Born (1965-09-01) 1 September 1965 (age 58)
Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Imperial State of Iran
Political partyFront of Islamic Revolution Stability
Spouse
Fatemeh Sajjadi
​
(m. 1993)​
[1]
Children1
Residence(s)Lavizan, Tehran[1]
Alma materImam Sadegh University
Signature
Websitedrjalily.com
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/serviceBasij
Unit5th Nasr Division
Battles/wars

Saeed Jalili (Persian: سعید جلیلی; born 1 September 1965) is an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 2007 to 2013. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

He was also Iran's nuclear negotiator. He was previously deputy foreign minister for European and American Affairs. Jalili was an unsuccessful candidate in the June 2013 presidential election, placing third.

He also ran in the 2021 presidential election but resigned in favour of Seyyed Ibrahim Ra'isi before the election.

Early life and education

Jalili was born in September 1965 in Mashhad in northeastern Iran.[citation needed] He holds a PhD in political science from Imam Sadeq University and his doctoral thesis is entitled "The Foreign Policy of the Prophet Muhammad."[citation needed] After graduating, he served in the Iran–Iraq War as a member of the Basij volunteers of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.[2] During the fighting he was injured severely, losing the lower portion of his right leg in 1986.[3][4] Upon this event, he earned the title of "living martyr".[5] He has taught political science since 2000 in different intervals at Imam Sadeq University.[6]

Career

Following the war, Jalili began working as a university lecturer at his alma mater. In 1989 Jalili began working at the ministry of foreign affairs in addition to his teaching post.[2] From 1995 to 1996 he served as director of the inspection office at the ministry.[7] In 2001, he was appointed senior director of policy planning in the office of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.[2] Jalili was also made a member of the Supreme National Security Council in 2002. Following the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the presidency in August 2005, Jalili was appointed deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs.[7] He was in office until October 2007.[8] During the same period, he also served as an advisor to Ahmedinejad.[9]

On 20 October 2007, Jalili replaced Ali Larijani as secretary of the council and became responsible for international negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.[8][10] Jalili's term as secretary of the council ended on 10 September 2013 when Ali Shamkhani was appointed to the post.[11] Immediately after leaving the office, he was appointed by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to the Expediency Council as a member.[12]

Views and activities

Jalili is a leading figure of the "neo-principalist" group in the Iranian political scene and a protégé of Mojtaba Khamenei.[9][13] A 2008 leaked diplomatic cable described how a European Union official who met Jalili call him 'a true product of the Iranian revolution'." Mohammad Marandi, a professor at Tehran University, described Jalili as a tough negotiator who "believes strongly in Iran's nuclear program and its sovereign rights. He's not the sort of person to give major concessions."[14]

In an interview with The Boston Globe in 2006, Jalili defended Iran's plans to develop nuclear energy, noting that, under the Shah and before the Islamic Revolution, US companies had contracts to build nuclear power plants in Iran.[citation needed]

2013 presidential candidacy

Jalili speaking for his campaign members in Mashhad

Jalili was a candidate in the 2013 presidential elections, announcing his candidacy on 22 March 2013.[15] He was supported by Front of Islamic Revolution Stability and also by Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, the party's main candidate who declined his candidacy in favour of Jalili. His campaign Slogan was "A Pleasant Life".[16] He received 4,168,946 and was ranked third, behind president-elect Hassan Rouhani and runner up Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

Shadow Cabinet

Saeed Jalili in 2013, after the defeat in the elections, proposed the plan of the Shadow Cabinet to help the Hassan Rouhani government and compensate for its shortcomings.[17][18] He has held several meetings to criticise the government and offer a solution.[19] In early 2021, he met 19 members of parliament and explained a plan to reform the Budget structure.[20] Also, without they took the Petrochemical refinery development plan to the Larijani parliament (right-wing political opposition) and approved it, and the plan was communicated to the Rouhani government (left-wing political opposition) for implementation.[21] Jalili explained the Shadow Cabinet is neither a party nor an organisation, but a Discourse and it means that everyone must follow the process of developments, shadow by shadow to have a positive impact on the path of the Islamic Revolution.[22]

2021 presidential candidacy

Before the last day of registration for the presidential election, he was considered one of the most likely candidates. Although Jalili had said he would not register if Ebrahim Raisi entered the election,[23] with the flood of members and supporters of the established government such as Jahangiri, Larijani, Shariatmadari, Akhundi and Hemmati, it is conflict that he registered in the election individually or to support Raisi.[24][25]

Year Election Votes % Rank Notes
2004 Parliament Lost
2008 Parliament Lost
2013 President 4,168,946 11.31 3rd Lost
2021 President – Withdrew

Personal life

Jalili is fluent in English and Persian.[4] He married Fatemeh Sajjadi, a doctor of internal medicine, in 1992. They have one child, a son named Hamid. Jalili was a resident of Karaj until 2004. He is known for his simple living and aversion towards formality. He drives his own car to work.[26]

Books

  • Foreign Policy of the Prophet of Islam (Persian: سیاست خارجی پیامبر اسلام)
  • The Paradigm of Islamic Political Thought in Quran (Persian: بنیان اندیشۀ سیاسی اسلام در قرآن)

Influence

In 2009, Jalili was regarded as one of the 500 most influential Muslims by Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.[27]

Quotes

References

  1. ^ a b "تمام اطلاعات خانوادگی کاندیداهای ریاست جمهوری یازدهم". Isna. 13 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Vatanka, Alex (21 September 2012). "Khamenei and Iran's 2013 elections". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
  3. ^ Anti-West Hard-Liner Gains in Iranian Race Thomas Erdbrink, New York Times, 28 May 2013
  4. ^ a b "Biographies of Eight Qualified Candidates for Iran Presidential Election". Iran Review. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  5. ^ Garrett Nada; Helia Ighani (11 June 2013). "Old War Haunts New Election". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  6. ^ "گزارشي از شروع تدريس سعيد جليلي دردانشگاه امام‌صادق(ع) + عكس". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 4 February 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Iran's approved presidential candidates". CBS News. 14 June 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Iran's Top Nuclear Negotiator Ali Larijani Resigns". Fox News. AP. 20 October 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  9. ^ a b Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D. Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; S. R. Bohandy (2009). "The Rise of the Pasdaran" (PDF). RAND Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  10. ^ Posch, Walter (November 2007). "Only personal? The Larijani Crisis Revisited" (PDF). Policy Brief (3). Retrieved 17 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Rouhani Appointed Former Defense Minister as the Secretary of NSC". Nasim Online. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Jalili appointed to the Expediency Council". Iran Daily Brief. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  13. ^ Sabet, Farzan (June 2013). "The Islamic Republic's political elite and Syria" (PDF). IranPolitik. Archived from the original (Special Report) on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  14. ^ Iran's negotiator – rigid ideologue close to Khamenei Marcus George, Reuters, 25 February 2013
  15. ^ "Potential Candidates". Iran Election Watch. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  16. ^ "سعید جلیلی برای 1400؟". خبرگزاری برنا (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  17. ^ "روزنامه آرمان ملی: "دولت سايه" از پاستور نمي‌گذرد". www.pishkhan.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  18. ^ "با وزرای "دولت سایه" جلیلی آشنا شوید | پایگاه خبری تحلیلی انصاف نیوز". انصاف نیوز (in Persian). 17 September 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  19. ^ "دولت سایه یا دولت فشار؟/ سعید جلیلی به دنبال چیست؟". دیدبان ایران (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  20. ^ "پیشنهاد "دولت سایه " سعید جلیلی این‌بار به مجلس یازدهم". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 25 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  21. ^ "طرحی که با پیگیری جلیلی و دولت سایه، در مجلس لاریجانی تصویب و به دولت روحانی ابلاغ شد!". rajanews.com (in Persian). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  22. ^ "توضیحات جلیلی درباره دولت سایه". www.tabnak.ir. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  23. ^ "انصراف سعید جلیلی از کاندیداتوری در صورت ثبت‌نام رئیسی". مشرق نیوز (in Persian). 13 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  24. ^ "جلیلی نامزد پوششی رئیسی نیست". نامه نیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  25. ^ "ببینید | زاکانی و جلیلی کاندیدای پوششی رئیسی در انتخابات هستند؟". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  26. ^ Biography: Jalili Parssea
  27. ^ "The 500 Most Influential Muslims" (PDF). Center of Muslim-Christian Understanding. 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  28. ^ "سعید جلیلی: محافظه کاری قتلگاه انقلاب است". IRIBnews.

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