Representative of the Islamic Consultative Assembly ( member of foreign policy commission of Majlis), 1980

Head of seventh political office of Ministry of Foreign affairs, 1984  

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Turkey , 1985

Director General, west Europe , Ministry of Foreign affairs, 1989

Deputy Foreign Minister for international affairs: 1989

Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular and Parliamentary affairs, 1992

Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Japan , 1994

Advisor to Foreign Minister, 1999 _

Deputy Chief of Organization of Culture and Islamic Relations, 2001

 Deputy of Islamic Consultative Assembly (7th term chief of the foreign relations committee of Commission of Majlis National Security (2004)

Minister of foreign affairs of The Islamic Republic of Iran since 2005

Writing political articles for a student sponsored publication named” Kowsar” published in abroad before the victory of the Islamic revolution

Writing articles for the publication “Research and Development” published in Tokyo   

Delivering speech and participating at political and international round- table discussions  

Translation of the book” the visage of Japan and the challenges of the 21st century”, written by Ryutaro Hashimoto, former Japanese Prime Minister