Mohammad Javad Zarif
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Turkey remains defiant to international pressure on offensive against Syrian Kurdish forces as US demands ceasefire
•Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its deadly offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Ankara to demand a ceasefire
Iran opposes military action against Kurdish forces, urges Turkey to respect Syria's territorial integrity
•Iran's top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif told his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone call that Tehran is opposed to military action in Syria, the foreign ministry has said
Iran takes steps to downgrade nuclear commitments in retaliation to US-imposed sanctions on Tehran
•Iran said it had taken a step to further downgrade its commitments to a 2015 nuclear deal with the world’s most powerful nations, according to Iranian media, in retaliation to US sanctions reimposed on Tehran
United States must adhere to nuclear deal, halt economic terrorism if it wants talks, says Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
•The United States must observe a landmark nuclear deal and halt 'economic terrorism' against Iran if it wants to hold talks, the Islamic republic's foreign minister said on Thursday.
Donald Trump insists he's not seeking 'regime change' in Iran, says he was aware of Iranian foreign minister's G7 Summit visit
•US President Donald Trump said Monday that he had agreed to the Iranian foreign minister flying in for a G7 summit
France’s invitation to Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for G7 Summit was a ‘surprise’, says White House official
•EU leaders have struggled to calm confrontation between Iran, US since Trump pulled out of 2015 nuclear deal, reimposed sanctions on Iranian economy
Iran foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to meet president Emmanuel Macron on Friday over nuclear deal; Norway next on agenda
•Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported.
Amid heightened tensions with US, Iran seizes yet another foreign tanker 'carrying smuggled fuel' from Persian Gulf
•Tensions between arch-enemies Iran and the US have soared this year after Washington stepped up its campaign of 'maximum pressure' against Tehran.
Iran-US tensions: 'Highly gratified' by cooperation from 'great friend' India on Iranian sanctions, says White House
•The US is "highly gratified" by the cooperation from a "great friend" like India in enforcing the oil sanctions on Tehran, the White House said on Wednesday as the Trump administration slapped sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
Hassan Rouhani says US 'afraid' of Mohammad Javad Zarif, mocks decision to freeze Iran foreign minister's American assets
•Iran's president Hassan Rouhani on Thursday mocked US decision to impose sanctions on foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying it showed Washington was "afraid" of him as tensions again flare between the arch-enemies