Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has rejected the resignation of foreign Minister Mohammed Jawad Sarif. Sarifs resignation was not in “the interest of the country” and he doesn’t agree with him, therefore, wrote Rouhani in a letter to Zarif, which was published on Wednesday on the website of the government. Sarif is one of the architects of the international nuclear agreement, had previously submitted his resignation. An exact reason he called.
Zarif had written in the night to Tuesday in an Instagram message that he is “able”, “office exercise”. The statement was made shortly after an unannounced visit by Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in Tehran.
The Ministry of foreign Affairs confirmed the Declaration of withdrawal. Ruhanis chief of staff denied, however, that the President had accepted the resignation. It had been several reports that Zarif wanted to go back. Rouhani didn’t go to the influential Ministers, therefore, but.
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Sarifs resignation may be in connection with the visit of Assad in Tehran. Sarif was not present, as Assad with Rouhani and Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali met with Khamenei. Present were the commander of the Al-Quds brigades, General Qassem Soleimani, however, was. Supported Iran with the revolutionary guard and allied militias for years Assad in the Syria conflict.
According to the news site Entekhab Zarif responded with the resignation on his exclusion from the Meetings. The influence of MP Ali Motahari rich expressed the presumption that Zarif responded with his resignation, “on the interference of certain institutions” in the foreign policy of the government. In particular, the revolutionary guards play an important role in the Iranian foreign policy in Syria, Iraq and Yemen.
Rouhani had appointed the former UN Ambassador Zarif after his arrival in 2013 of the Minister of foreign Affairs, to lead the negotiations with the five UN veto powers and Germany, the 2015 led finally to the international nuclear agreement. The 59-year-old Diplomat is considered to be the friendly face of Iran and enjoys in Europe because of his conciliatory appearance and fashion attitude rates of high Reputation. (sep/AFP)
Created: 27.02.2019, 08:55 PM
