Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif announces resignationin in Instagram post
Tehran (KNA): Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has unexpectedly announced his resignation in an Instagram post.
"I am grateful for magnanimity of the dear and courageous people of Iran and the respectable authorities' over the past 67 months," read the post published on late Monday local time.
"I sincerely apologize for inability to continue [my] service and all the shortcomings and flaws during [my] tenure," it added. "May you be happy and proud."
President Hassan Rouhani is yet to confirm Zarif's resignation.
Chief of Staff of the Iranian president, Mahmoud Vaezi, "vehemently" denied reports that Rouhani has accepted the resignation.
