Javad Zarif

Iran’s former FM Zarif reveals Iran deal intrigue, anti-Israel views - analysis

The former Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif remains one of the key charlatans behind the Iran regime’s diplomacy.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif attends a joint news conference after meeting with Norway's Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide in Oslo, Norway, August 22, 2019.
IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Mohammad Javad Zarif in Caracas last year.

Zarif, living in past, slams Trump and Netanyahu again - analysis

The former Foreign Minister is out of office, so he no longer needs to tweet propaganda.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Abbas Aragchi, attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, September 1, 2020.

Iran agrees to inspections extension with IAEA until June 24

The US, Iran and the world powers have had five rounds of negotiations in Vienna in recent months to try to resolve the nuclear standoff.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Thursday any U.S. or Saudi military strike against Iran would result in "all-out war"

Iran deal on hold? Not quite - comment

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said earlier this month that “the United States and Iran are not close” to an agreement and that “there are still gaps in the question of sanctions"

|ByZALMAN SHOVAL

U.S. imposes sanctions on Iran's foreign minister

The Trump administration is not closing the door to potential nuclear talks with Iran by sanctioning Zarif, who it does not consider a significant decision maker, a U.S. official said.

AUGUST 1, 2019ByREUTERS
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (R) and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attend a meeting with Muslim leaders and scholars in Hyderabad, India, February 15, 2018

Oman's top diplomat talks to Iran during mounting tensions

Oman maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously been a go-between for the two countries.

JULY 27, 2019ByREUTERS
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after posing for a family photo during the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordinating Bureau in Caracas, Venezuela July 20, 2019

Ohana rips PM of Luxembourg for hypocrisy toward Iran's execution of gays

Luxembourg prime minister boycotted an Israeli event because of anti-LGBTQ comments made by Peretz, but welcomed Iran's FM who defended the execution of gay Iranians.

JULY 17, 2019ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Justice Minister Amir Ohana speaks at the Israeli Bar Association on June 10, 2019

U.S. will keep Zarif from 'roaming' beyond 6-block radius in NY

The problem for Washington is that if Iran's foreign minister can’t meet anyone, then how can a diplomatic resolution be reached?

JULY 16, 2019BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the economic forum in Sulaimaniya, Iraq January 15, 2019