Mohammad Javad Zarif

Mohammad Javad Zarif is an Iranian career diplomat6 and academic He has been foreign minister of Iran since 2013 During his tenure as foreign minister he led the Iranian negotiation with P51 countries which produced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 14 July 2015lifting the economic sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016On 25 February 2019 Zarif resigned from his post as foreign ministerHis resignation was rejected by Hassan Rouhani and he continues as foreign minister