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Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal negotiator resigns as vice president
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2024-08-12 | 05:33
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Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal negotiator resigns as vice president
Iran's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who negotiated a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers, on Monday announced he had resigned from his new post as vice president.
“I resigned from the position of vice-president for strategic affairs last week,” Zarif said in post on X, less than two weeks after the newly-elected reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian chose him as his deputy.
Zarif cited several reasons for his resignation, most notably his disappointment with the line-up in the newly-proposed 19-member cabinet.
“I am ashamed that I could not implement, in a decent way, the expert opinion of the committees [responsible for selecting candidates] and achieve the inclusion of women, youth and ethnic groups, as I had promised,” he said.
Pezeshkian on Sunday presented his cabinet, which included one woman, to parliament for approval.
The proposed list drew criticism from some among Iran’s reformist camp, including over the inclusion of conservatives from the government of late president Ebrahim Raisi.
Zarif pointed out that he also faced pressure after his appointment as vice-president because his children hold US citizenship.
An Iranian law enacted in October 2022 prohibits the appointment of those “who themselves, their children or their spouse have dual citizenship” to sensitive jobs and positions.
“My message is not a sign of regret or disappointment with dear Dr. Pezeshkian or opposition to realism; rather it means doubting my usefulness as a vice-president for strategic affairs,” he said, noting he would return to academia and focus less on Iran’s domestic politics.
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