Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki also described as a “brave and important act” a religious statement calling for the assassination of President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images)
He also described as a “brave and important act” a religious statement calling for the assassination of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a press conference in Tbilisi on November 3, 2010. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)
Mottaki’s daughter, Zahra Assadi Nazari, is married to Nasser Assadi Nazari, who is listed as third counselor at the Iranian mission to the United Nations in New York.
The situation echoes previous controversies involving relatives of senior Iranian officials living in the United States.
In January, Emory University fired Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, the daughter of Iranian official Ali Larijani, from a teaching job following protests over her job at the university’s medical school.
On Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Saeid Iravani, spoke to US envoy Mike Waltz during a Security Council meeting, telling the US ambassador to “be polite”, a comment that drew sharp criticism.
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Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during Tehran’s Friday prayers on May 20, 2011. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)
“I have only one word: I advise the representative of the United States to be polite,” Iravani said at the meeting.
Moments later, Waltz responded, “Frankly, I’m not going to dignify this with another response, especially since this representative sits here in this body representing a regime that has murdered tens of thousands of its own people and imprisoned many more simply because they want freedom from your tyranny.”
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Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Amir-Saeid Iravani attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council after the US and Israel launched attacks on Iran at the UN Headquarters in New York City, US, February 28, 2026. (Heather Khalifa/Reuters)
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