Iran's 2015 nuclear deal negotiator resigns as vice president

"To avoid any suspicions or excuses for disrupting the work of the government... I resigned from the position of vice president for strategic affairs last week," Zarif said on social media platform X, less than two weeks after newly-elected reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian chose him as his deputy.

(FILES) The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Javad Zarif gestures during a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza (out of frame), at the Casa Amarilla palace in Caracas, on November 5, 2020. (AFP)