Iranian foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Sarif handed in his resignation. “I apologize for all my shortcomings in the past years as foreign Minister,” wrote Zarif on Monday on Instagram.
A reason for his decision, he called. Sarif played an important role in the Negotiation of the international atomic Treaty in 2015. After the withdrawal of the USA from the agreement last may Sarif, since 2013, chief diplomat of his country, from anti was of European hardliners violently under attack.
Zarif thanked the population and the “recognized leaders” in the social network for their support. The resignation was confirmed by the official Iranian side. He has yet to be accepted by President Hassan Rouhani. Sarif was head of the foreign Ministry in Tehran during the first term of office as a moderate force Rouhani and remained even after his re-election in office.
in Munich
in mid-February Sarif had participated in the Munich security conference, where he called on the Europeans to a more robust stance in relation to the United States in the dispute on the nuclear agreement. He had helped the negotiations on the nuclear deal breakthrough. Since the unilateral termination by the United States in may of 2018, he was under massive criticism from conservative forces in Tehran.
The five veto powers of the UN security Council and Germany had in July 2015 the agreement after year-long negotiations with Iran. US President, Donald Trump had announced in may, unilaterally and which causes the re-introduction of economic sanctions against Iran. The EU maintains the agreement, as well as China and Russia.
(fal/sda/afp)
Created: 25.02.2019, 22:40 PM