Mohammad Javad Larijani, while visiting Sharif University of Technology in 2004

Mohammad Javad Ardashir Larijani (Persian: محمد جواد اردشیر لاریجانی) is an Iranian politician and mathematician. He is currently the Director of Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics in Tehran. Previously, he has been a Majlis representative and the director of Majlis Research Center, and a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. Download high resolution version (948x1360, 101 KB)A photo of Mohammad Javad Larijani, taken on December 19, 2004 by Roozbeh. ... Download high resolution version (948x1360, 101 KB)A photo of Mohammad Javad Larijani, taken on December 19, 2004 by Roozbeh. ... Tehrans Sharif University of Technology ranks among the best technical schools in the world. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Persian (فارسی), (local name in Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan: Fârsi), Pârsi (older local name, but still used by some speakers), Tajik (a Central Asian dialect) or Dari (another local name in Tajikistan and Afghanistan), is a language spoken in Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain. ... The Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, often shortened to IPM (پژوهشگاه دانشهای بنیادی in Persian) is a government-sponsored research institute founded in 1989 in Tehran, Iran. ... Tehran is a metropolis of 14 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range. ... مجلس شورای اسلامی - The Majles; Irans Parliament. ...

While not wearing the Islamic clerics uniform anymore, Larijani, raised in a religious family, graduated from a hawza before starting his higher education in Electrical Engineering in Sharif University of Technology, wearing the uniform for the full four years. He later continued his studies outside Iran, receiving a Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic from the University of California, Berkeley, under supervision of Alfred Tarski. Hawza is an academy or school of traditional Islamic studies. ... Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity and electromagnetism. ... Tehrans Sharif University of Technology ranks among the best technical schools in the world. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... Mathematical logic is a discipline within mathematics, studying formal systems in relation to the way they encode intuitive concepts of proof and computation as part of the foundations of mathematics. ... University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California, USA to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... Alfred Tarski, original name Alfred Teitelbaum (January 14, 1901 in Warsaw–October 26, 1983 in Berkeley, USA) was a Polish logician considered to be one of the greatest logicians of all time in a manner after Aristotle, Gottlob Frege, and Kurt Gödel. ...

Mohammad Javad Larijani is the son of Ayatollah Hashem Amoli and a brother of Ali Larijani, a previous director of IRIB, and Sadegh Larijani, a cleric member of the Guardian Council. Larijani is a cousin of Ahmad Tavakkoli, who is the current director of Majlis Research Center. Ali Larijani (Persian: علی لاریجانی; born 1957?) is an Iranian politician. ... Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, or IRIB, is the Iranian organization in control of radio and television. ... The Guardian Council of the Constitution (شورای نگهبان قانون اساسی in Persian) is a high office within the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran which has the authority to interpret the constitution and to determine if the laws passed by the parliament are in line with the constitution of... Representative Ahmad Tavakkoli Ahmad Tavakkoli (احمد توکلی in Persian) is a conservative representative of Tehran in the Iranian parliament, and the Director of Majlis Research Center. ...

External links

• Larijani's information page on IPM website