Zarif, 64, was foreign minister from 2013 to 2021 under
President Hassan Rouhani. He was Iran’s chief negotiator in the nuclear talks
that led to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive
Plan of Action (JCPOA). The agreement, endorsed by the UN Security Council
Resolution 2231, was ditched by former President Donald Trump as he withdrew
the United States., the main party to the agreement, from the deal
Zarif also served as Iran’s representative at the United
Nations during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami.
Pezeshkian, who took oath office in the Parliament on
Tuesday, also chose Mohammad Jafar Qaem Panah as his deputy for executive
affairs and chief of the presidential chief of staff.
An optometrist, Qaem Panah had worked with Pezeshkian when
he was the chancellor of Tabriz University and health minister in the Khatami
government.
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