Zarif returns as presidential aide after resignation
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s former foreign minister, on Tuesday announced he was returning to his post as the presidential aide in strategic affairs after submitting his resignation this month over grievances about President Masoud Pezeshkian’s line-up for the government.
Zarif said in a post on X that after consultations with Pezeshkian, he will continue to fulfill his duties as the president’s aide in strategic affairs.
Zarif’s announcement came after he attended a meeting between Pezeshkian’s newly formed government and the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday.
Iran’s Parliament last week approved all 19 proposed ministers by the president – the first time in decades that the legislature has endorsed all ministers proposed by a president.
“Today and for first time in over 20 years, all ministerial nominees in #Iran have been approved by the #Majles; our Parliament,” Zarif said in a post on X after the parliament’s approval of the ministers.
Zarif served as Iran’s foreign minister from 2013 until 2021 under the government of former president Hassan Rouhani.