TEHRAN: Iran’s former overseas minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated the landmark 2015 nuclear take care of world powers, has resigned as vice chairman, state media mentioned Monday.
“Zarif’s resignation letter was obtained by President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has not but responded,” the official IRNA information company reported, with out giving additional particulars.
In a Monday publish on X, Zarif mentioned he had “confronted essentially the most horrible insults, slander and threats in opposition to myself and my household, and I’ve gone via essentially the most bitter interval of my 40 years of service.
“To keep away from additional strain on the federal government, the top of the judiciary really useful that I resign and… I accepted instantly,” he added.
Pezeshkian, who took workplace in July, named Zarif as his vice chairman for strategic affairs on August 1 however Zarif resigned after lower than two weeks, earlier than returning to the publish later within the month.
Zarif was Iran’s high diplomat between 2013 and 2021 within the authorities of average president Hassan Rouhani.
He turned recognized on the worldwide stage throughout prolonged negotiations for the 2015 nuclear accord formally often known as the Joint Complete Plan of Motion.
The deal was successfully torpedoed three years later when, throughout Donald Trump’s first time period as president, the USA pulled out of the deal and reimposed crippling sanctions on the Islamic republic.