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Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif Resigns

Reuters

National Security

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stepped down on Monday, announcing his resignation on Instagram.

"I am apologising you for all the shortcomings … in the past years during my time as foreign minister … I thank the Iranian nation and officials," he wrote on his Instagram page jzarif_ir.

(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Peter Graff)