Zarif, who served as Iran’s top diplomat from 2013 to 2021 under the moderate president Hassan Rouhani, played a pivotal role in Pezeshkian’s electoral campaign and was integral to his victory.

Despite Zarif’s public announcement, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani clarified that President Masoud Pezeshkian has not yet accepted the resignation. Speaking to IRNA on Monday, Mohajerani ...

Zarif has served as vice-president to Pezeshkian and has long been a target of hardliners within the country’s theocracy. He had tried to resign once before and it remained unclear whether ...

Zarif's resignation followed the impeachment of Economy Minister Abdolnasser Hemmati, who was sacked by lawmakers in a 182-82 vote on March 2.

Iran's Vice-President for strategic affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures as he addresses the audience during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025.

Zarif was Iran's top diplomat between 2013 and 2021 in the government of moderate president Hassan Rouhani. He became known on the international stage during lengthy negotiations for the 2015 ...

A group of lawmakers have been pushing to dismiss Zarif from his job as the vice president for strategic affairs, arguing that such a position is basically unlawful. R42340/P/S1192/CT18 .

Iran's vice president for strategic affairs, Javad Zarif, speaks during the 55th annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025 [Yves Herman/Reuters] ...

Iran hopes U.S. President Donald Trump will choose "rationality" in its dealing with the Islamic Republic, Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday ...

Although Zarif aligns broadly with the nationalist-Islamist currents, his interpretation of geopolitical dynamics sets him apart. For instance, he attributes Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait to ...

Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, described a rivalry with a powerful and widely revered military leader, Qassim Suleimani. By Farnaz Fassihi After Nuclear Site Blackout, Thunder ...

TEHRAN: Iran’s former foreign minister Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers, on Monday announced he had resigned from his new post as vice president.