Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“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.’ Remarkably, Zarif said he was ‘advised’ by judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei to resign and go back to a university teaching job ‘to prevent further pressure on the government’ in a tumultuous period for the country. … Centrist President Masoud Pezeshkian has yet to publicly react to the news, although state media reported his office received the resignation.” (03/03/25)