Iran Reformists scramble as Zarif resigns, Hemmati impeached: What to know
This is the second time Mohammad Javad Zarif has submitted his resignation under Iran’s current president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is also the country’s former top diplomat and nuclear negotiator, submitted his letter of resignation on Sunday night, just hours after the impeachment of Finance Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati, marking a double blow to the Reformist Pezeshkian government.
What happened: Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported the resignation on Monday but President Masoud Pezeshkian has thus far made no comment.
In a post to X Sunday night, Zarif wrote that throughout his past six months of service he has faced “the most ridiculous insults, slanders and threats against myself and my family … even within the government.”
“I have not been and will not be one to run away from hardships and difficulties in the path of serving this land and country,” he wrote.
