article_snippet.sent: (CNN)If you've been following the news lately, there are certain things you doubtless know about Mohammad Javad Zarif.
article_snippet.sent: And Mohammad Javad Zarif received a hero's welcome as Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Iran on a sunny Friday morning.
article_snippet.sent: Long live Mohammad Javad Zarif," crowds chanted as Mohammad Javad Zarif car rolled slowly down the packed street.
article_snippet.sent: You may well have read that Mohammad Javad Zarif is "polished" and, unusually for one burdened with such weighty issues, "jovial.
article_snippet.sent: An Internet search for "Mohammad Javad Zarif" and "jovial" yields thousands of results.
article_snippet.sent: But there are some facts about Mohammad Javad Zarif that are less well-known.
article_snippet.sent: Mohammad Javad Zarif foreign ministry notes, perhaps defensively, that "due to the political and security conditions of the time, Mohammad Javad Zarif decided to continue Mohammad Javad Zarif education in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: Mohammad Javad Zarif left Iran in 1977, received Mohammad Javad Zarif undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University in 1981,
article_snippet.sent: Mohammad Javad Zarif master's in international relations from the University of Denver in 1984 and Mohammad Javad Zarif doctorate from the University of Denver Denver in 1988.
article_snippet.sent: Both of Mohammad Javad Zarif children were born in the United States.
article_snippet.sent: The first sentence of Mohammad Javad Zarif official biography, perhaps in a nod to the powers that be in Tehran, says Mohammad Javad Zarif was "born to a religious traditional family in Tehran in 1959.
article_snippet.sent: Later on the same page, however, Mohammad Javad Zarif date of birth is listed as January 8, 1960.
article_snippet.sent: And the Iranian Diplomacy website says Mohammad Javad Zarif was born in in 1961 .
article_snippet.sent: So Mohammad Javad Zarif is 54, 55 or maybe even 56.
article_snippet.sent: Whichever, Mohammad Javad Zarif is still considerably younger than Mohammad Javad Zarif opposite number, Kerry, who is 71.
article_snippet.sent: In fact, Mohammad Javad Zarif has now spent more time with Kerry than any other foreign minister in the world.
highlights_snippet.sent: Mohammad Javad Zarif has spent more time with John Kerry than any other foreign minister .
  