Iran's Zarif says he resigned 'to protect the integrity' of the Foreign Ministry
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has refused to accept the resignation of his chief diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, state television reported.
“I do not have personal remorse. I do not need anyone to console me,” Zarif said in a statement carried by the government's official newspaper, after he announced his decision to resignZarif, who in recent years became the global face of Iran's push to engage with the West, apologized to the Iranian people in a cryptic Instagram post before saying he could not continueas the country’s chief diplomat.
The pro-reform news site Entekhab reported Monday night that Zarif was angered by his exclusion from a high-level meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, attended by Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and President Hassan Rouhani. “The power broker of Iran's regional security policy has always been the IRGC, not the Foreign Ministry” he said, referring to Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
“Where Zarif's resignation matters most is the fate of the nuclear deal and legacy of the Rouhani government,” Taleblu said. “Without Zarif at the helm of the Foreign Ministry, overt nuclear escalation may well be entertained by those in Iran who want to contest the Trump administration's resolve on Iran.”
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