Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, announces he will not be running for president in the June 18 election, officially turning down a major appeal by the Reformist camp and potentially reshaping the race.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is leading a delegation on a visit to Syria to discuss bilateral and regional issues as well as the latest developments in the Israeli-occupied territories.

An Iranian journalist says Mohammad Javad Zarif has told him that he “definitely” won’t run in the June 18 presidential election, even though the Iranian foreign minister has remained publicly silent on the matter in recent weeks.

The Iranian foreign minister says the apartheid regime of Israel steals people’s land and shoots innocent worshippers in the mosque.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister, has not yet engaged with the Reformist bloc that hopes to field him as its top candidate in the June 18 presidential election, a spokeswoman for the group says.

Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif has called Donald Trump a “disgraced buffoon” who withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.

Foreign Minister Zarif says Iran has proudly stood with Palestinian people who resist the brutality of an apartheid regime in Tel Aviv.

Moscow says it relies on Tehran’s official statements instead of focusing on contents leaked with the aim of harming Iran-Russia ties.

President Hassan Rouhani says the notions of diplomacy and military power do not stand in opposition to one another in Iran.

Foreign Minister Zarif hails General Soleimani’s key role in the defeat of Daesh in the region, reaffirming his admiration for the ‘long-time friend,’ who was assassinated by the US last year.