Mohammad Javad Zarif

U.S. won’t grant Iran foreign minister visa for UN visit

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

News Wrap: Trump announces new tariffs on Chinese goods

In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. trade war with China has escalated further. President Trump announced that as of September 1, he will impose a new 10 percent tariff on about $300 billion of Chinese goods that hadn’t already…

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrives for a meeting at United Nations Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., July 18, 2019. Photo by: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

U.S. imposes financial sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister

The highly unusual action of penalizing the top diplomat of another nation comes a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order placing sanctions on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

By Associated Press

In U.S.-Iran conflict, Iranian foreign minister asks ‘who’s being provocative’

U.S.-Iran tensions have again escalated, amid reports Iran seized at least one tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, while a U.S. ship apparently shot down an Iranian drone. Judy Woodruff sits down with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif to…

By Judy Woodruff

Judy Woodruff interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

WATCH: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says military conflict with U.S. not ‘inevitable’

The Iranian Foreign Minister said if the United States and Europe does not fulfill their obligations under the Iran Nuclear Deal, then Iran does have a right to continue to enrich uranium.

By Layla Quran

Iran’s foreign minister warns U.S. cannot ‘expect to stay safe’ amid rising tensions

By Amir Vahdat, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Mohammad Javad Zarif offered a series of threats as he described an "economic war" against Tehran, taking a hard-line stance amid a visit by Germany's top diplomat seeking to defuse tensions.

Iran’s foreign minister resigns amid nuclear deal turmoil

By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation leaves Iran's relatively moderate President Hassan Rouhani without one of his main allies in pushing the Islamic Republic toward more negotiation with the West.

Iran’s foreign minister says no renegotiating nuclear deal

By Nasser Karimi, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's foreign minister took to YouTube on Thursday to criticize President Donald Trump's threat to withdraw from the nuclear deal, saying Iran will not "renegotiate or add onto" the atomic accord.