1. Representative in the Islamic Consultative Assembly or the Iranian Parliament (first term, member of the Foreign Policy Commission and member of the Parliament’s Board of Directors), 1980
2. Head of the Seventh Political Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1984
3. Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Turkey, 1985
4. General Manager of the West Europe Section of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1989
5. International Deputy of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1989
6. Deputy of Legal, Consulate, and Parliamentary Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1992
7. Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Japan, 1994
8. Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1999
9. Deputy of Relations of Islamic Culture and Communication Organization, 2001
10. Representative in the Islamic Consultative Assembly or the Iranian Parliament (seventh term, head of the foreign relations committee of the Foreign Policy Commission), 2004
11. Minister of Foreign Affairs in the ninth and tenth governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2005-2010
12. Head of the Policy Making Council of Iran-China Strategic Studies Think Tank, 2022-present