Kharazi was a Professor of Management and Educational Psychology at Tehran University starting in 1983. Kharazi was a founding member of the
Islamic Research Institute in
London. He held a number of governmental, diplomatic, and academic posts and headed Iranian delegations at numerous international conferences, most importantly at the
Earth Summit held in
Rio de Janeiro in 1992. For several years Kharazi presented the official Iranian position on TV and at university campuses in the
United States and Europe and wrote extensively on foreign policy issues. He had extensive experience in guiding the media during the early days of the
Iranian Revolution. From July 1980 to September 1989, he was the President of the
Islamic Republic News Agency. On 18 September 1980, the
Iran–Iraq War broke out, and Kharazi served as a member of the
Supreme Defense Council of Iran and headed the War Information Headquarter. He served as a military spokesman for most of the war (from September 1980 to September 1988). In 2015, Kharazi was condemned for questioning
Bahrain’s
Arab identity, statements that were considered disrespectful by members of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives and Foreign Affairs Committee, who stated his remarks were a violation of international law. In May 2023, Kharazi was the opening speaker at an Iranian-Arab dialogue conference in
Doha,
Qatar. == Personal life ==