Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iran 'paid heavy price' for supporting proxies, Palestinians, ex-FM Zarif says at Doha Forum

Zarif argued that Jerusalem misread Iran’s staying power when the fighting resumed earlier this year. “The Israelis launched this aggression based on mistaken assumptions,” he said.

 Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian Foreign Minister, gives a speech during an election rally in support of  Iranian presidential election candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, on June 24, 2024.
 Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif speaks during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025.

Zarif to Israeli scholar: Israel invented Iranian threat to ‘sell peace with Arabs’ to Israelis

 Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif speaks during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025.

Javad Zarif, the 'nice face of Iran,' resigns as VP amid Tehran's anti-West shift

 Iran's Vice-President for Strategic Affairs Mohammed Javad Zarif speaks during the 55th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2025.

'Iran had no knowledge of October 7,' Zarif says at Davos


Zarif says he'll try to delay death sentence of accused spy for Mossad

"President Trump cannot expect to be unpredictable and expect others to be predictable. Unpredictability will lead to mutual unpredictability and unpredictability is chaotic."

 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, October 30, 2018

UK fears Iran-backed terror cells could attack Europe in case of escalation

Intelligence agencies believe that Iran has organized and funded sleeper terrorist cells throughout Europe, including the UK.

The Houses of Parliament can be seen during sunrise on the day of the Summer Solstice, seen from atop the London Eye, in London, Britain June 21, 2019

Zarif: US playing with fire

United States is generally required to allow access to the United Nations for foreign diplomats. But Washington says it can deny visas for "security, terrorism, and foreign policy" reasons.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting

With Iran deal teetering on brink, Europeans assess next steps

Tehran has scaled back on some of its nuclear commitments under the deal, leading the European parties to the pact to warn it about not fully complying with the terms.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a news conference  at Salam Palace in Baghdad, Iraq March 11, 2019

U.S. will not blacklist Iran's foreign minister, for now

Blacklisting Iran's chief negotiator would also be unusual because it could impede any U.S. effort to use diplomacy to resolve its disagreements with Tehran over Iran's nuclear program.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 17, 2019

Iranian FM: Sanctions aren't alternative to war, they are war

The Iranian Foreign Minister has been very outspoken on Twitter.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iran foreign minister tweets map with detailed coordinates of drone

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 17, 2019

Iran FM responds to Trump: We do not seek war but we will defend ourselves

Javad Zarif said Iran will speak at UN about new US 'aggression'

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 17, 2019

Netanyahu: Zarif is lying; we won't allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons

The prime minister was responding to a statement by the Iran's foreign minister, who blamed regional tensions on the US.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) holds a piece of a downed Iranian drone at the 2018 Munich Security Conference; Mohammed Zarif (R) speaks at the 2019 conference

Controversy in Iran amid reports Zarif met U.S. Senator

Politico reported on Thursday that US Senator Feinstein met with Zarif for dinner. It was “arranged in consultation with the State Department,” the report noted.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends India-Iran business forum in New Delhi, India, January 8, 2019.