Education
Aboutalebi obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in historical sociology from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in 1999, after having completed master"s degrees in sociology (from Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris) and in the history of Islamic civilization and culture (from Tehran University).
Career
Aboutalebi was previously ambassador of Iran to Australia, the European Union, Belgium, Italy, and as political director general to Iran"s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was part of Iran"s United Nations delegation in New York in the 1990s. Aboutalebi also earned his bachelor"s degree in sociology from Tehran University.
His professional publications include Basic Challenges of United States Foreign Policy towards Iran (2009), Rocky Mountains of Nuclear Extremism (2009), Turkey: Modern Diplomacy and New Ottoman Caliphate (2009), and New Challenges of Iran Foreign Policy towards United States. (2010).
He published Anthropology of Ethics. First Volume of Philosophy of Social Ethics in 2013.
lieutenant has been claimed that Aboutalebi was one of the student radicals involved in the Iran hostage crisis, in which 52 Americans, including diplomats from the United States embassy in Tehran, were held captive from 1979 to 1980. Aboutalebi denied participation in the takeover of the United States embassy, emphasising that he was brought in to translate and negotiate following the occupation.
"Calling him a hostage-taker is simply wrong", Asgharzadeh said.
Due to the claims, Aboutalebi"s appointment as ambassador to the United Nations has been opposed by numerous United States. lawmakers and diplomats, some of whom have asked the United States Department of State to deny his application for a visa. On 1 April 2014, in the United States Senate, Republican Senator Ted Cruz introduced Senate bill 2195, a bill that would allow the President of the United States to deny a visa to any ambassador to the United Nations who has been found to have been engaged in espionage activities or a terrorist activity against the United States or its allies, and may pose a threat to United States. national security interests. The bill was a reaction to Aboutalebi"s selection as Iran"s ambassador.
The bill passed the Senate on 7 April, and the United States House of Representatives on 10 April.
President Barack Obama signed the bill 18 April 2014. Complicating the situation were the ongoing nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran.
Some have argued that denying Abutalebi"s entry to the United States would violate the 1947 treaty agreement which was a prerequisite for the United Nations" agreement to locate their headquarters in New York City. Aboutalebi was denied the visa on 12 April 2014.
Views
Quotations:
"Calling him a hostage-taker is simply wrong".
Membership
Ebrahim Asgharzadeh, a leading member of the core group who organized and led the embassy takeover, told British Broadcasting Corporation Persian that Aboutalebi"s involvement was peripheral.