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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Maziar Motamedi

Iran’s Zarif resigns amid political wrangling over economic woes

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]

Tehran, Iran – Mohammad Javad Zarif, strategic foreign policy adviser to Iran’s president and a prominent figure advocating for talks with the West, has again resigned amid fierce pushback from hardline opponents.

The former foreign minister and face of reformist-backed negotiations with global powers that led to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal confirmed the move in an online post early on Monday, saying it comes after “the most bitter era of my 40-year period of service”.

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