US EditionIran's former top diplomat urges deal with US to end war
- Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged Tehran to pursue a deal with the United States to end the war, arguing in Foreign Affairs on Thursday that Iran should leverage its "upper hand" to secure sanctions relief.
- Although Zarif has no official government post, the architect of the 2015 deal is viewed as a relative moderate within the Islamic Republic elite, distinguishing his call from daily calls for continued fighting.
- The proposed deal includes limiting Iran's nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for an end to all sanctions, alongside a potential mutual "non-aggression pact" to stabilize relations.
- Washington and Tehran have lacked diplomatic ties since 1979, and President Donald Trump has threatened to send Iran "back to the Stone Age" while vaguely referencing ongoing talks.
- Zarif warned that fighting "will lead only to the further destruction of civilian lives and infrastructure," urging Tehran to prioritize national interests over the psychological satisfaction of combat.
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Ex-Iranian diplomat Zarif calls for US deal to end ongoing conflict
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged Tehran to consider diplomatic engagement with the United States as a pathway to ending the current conflict, proposing concessions on its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief. In an article published in Foreign Affairs, Zarif argued that while Iran may currently appear to hold a strategic advantage in tensions involving the US and Israel, prolonging the situation would …
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AlKhaleej TodayFormer Iranian foreign minister urges Tehran to strike US deal to end war
PARIS, April 3 — Iran should make a deal with the United States to end the war by offering to curb its nuclear programme and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief, a former Iranian foreign minister said.Mohammad Javad Zarif, who served as foreign minister from 2013-2021, claimed in an op-ed for American journal Foreign Affairs that Tehran had the “upper hand” in the conflict against the US and Israel, but argued Iran neede…
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif commissioned his country to "declare its victory and conclude an agreement that will end this conflict and prevent the next" in an important article published in the American Foreign Affairs magazine by Al Jazeera.
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