Zarif’s allegations are based on unfounded quotes redacted by pro-regime lobbyists,’ said Iran expert Dr. Thamar E. Gindin.

The ex-foreign minister was the face of reformist-backed talks with global powers that led to Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal.

In a significant blow to Iran's newly elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, Javad Zarif, the influential deputy president for strategic affairs, has once again submitted his resignation.

Zarif has served as vice president to Pezeshkian and has long been a target of hard-liners within the country's theocracy. He had tried to resign once before as vice president. The development comes ...

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran sharply increased in the region after the U.S. heavily bombed Yemen starting March 15, and ...

Iranian Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at a session during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Following the dismissal of Iran's economy minister ...

However, hardliners had targeted Zarif since Pezeshkian’s election, citing a law that bars people from Iranian public office if they have children holding foreign passports. Zarif’s children ...

It marked the second time Zarif has attempted to resign as Pezeshkian's vice president for strategic affairs. The then Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stands prior to a meeting in ...

Zarif had already been at the center of controversies in Iran because some politicians had critiqued him over the last several months. Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammed Javad ...