He is suppor­ted by the Suprem­e Leader Ayatol­lah Ali Khamen­eiIranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation on Wednesday, the government’s official website said. “I believe your resignation is against the country’s interests and do not approve it,” Rouhani wrote in a letter to Zarif, the website said. “As the Supreme Leader has described you a “trustworthy,brave and religious” person in the forefront of resistanceagainst widespread US pressures, I consider accepting yourresignation against national interests and reject it,” he said in a letter published on state news agency IRNA. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Zarif’s resignation has not been acceptedEarlier, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said Zarif was the main person in charge of foreign policy and he was supported by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune February 27, 2019 07:18 UTC