00:00He is one of the pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and yet he mainly works from the
00:04shadows.
00:05Ali Larijani is the country's top national security official, and has quickly become
00:10Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's right-hand man.
00:13According to the New York Times, the country's supreme leader has tasked him with running
00:17the country in the event of a war, effectively sidelining President Masoud Pazish Kyan.
00:23Although he will not be present in Geneva on Thursday, he holds the strings of Iran's
00:27nuclear and diplomatic affairs.
00:30Since the start, we've been convinced that war will not resolve the disagreements between
00:34our two countries.
00:35Regional conflicts between Iran and the West must be resolved by dialogue.
00:40Others have been mistaken in thinking that these problems can be solved by force.
00:44This attitude has been detrimental to progress.
00:48A few weeks after the Iran-Israel war last June, Ali Larijani was named head of the National
00:53Security Council, returning to a position he held 20 years earlier.
00:57Son of a dignitary close to Ayatollah Khamenei, Larijani started his career within the Revolutionary
01:04Guard, before becoming the director of Iran's national broadcaster in 1994.
01:10Between 2005 and 2007, he was the lead nuclear negotiator and was a key figure behind the 2015
01:16nuclear deal.
01:17He ran for president several times, but was rejected by the Guardian Council.
01:24Resolving the issue of US sanctions in order to open up the economic space will be one of
01:29my diplomatic priorities.
01:31Ali Larijani is one of the officials sanctioned by Washington for the violent crackdown against
01:36protesters in January, a crisis he blames on American and Israeli interference.
01:41buying evil
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