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Iranian president rejects Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation: report

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation on the grounds of national interests, according to local media.

“As the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] has described you as a ‘trustworthy, brave and religious’ person in the forefront of resistance against widespread U.S. pressures, I consider accepting your resignation against national interests and reject it,” Rouhani said in a letter published Wednesday by the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

Rouhani also said the happiness shown by officials from Iran’s enemies such as Israel demonstrated Zarif’s success as foreign minister.

Zarif is an architect and defender of the Iran nuclear deal, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and his departure would have been viewed as a serious blow to the pact, which has been shaken by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from it.

Zarif announced his resignation in a post on Instagram Monday.


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