http://www.intellinews.com/breaking-news-iranian-foreign-minister-zarif-quits-156953/
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif late on February 25 announced his resignation.
In a statement posted on his Instagram page, jzarif_ir, he wrote: “I am apologizing you for all the shortcomings … in the past years during my time as foreign minister … I thank the Iranian nation and officials.”
The announcement will heighten fears that Iran is set to walk out of the nuclear deal. Rumours have lately circulated that Zarif, generally seen as very popular with Iranian voters, has long wanted to step down because of the immense pressure he faces both from opponents at home and from Iran’s adversaries now that the US has redoubled its sanctions-led economic attack on the Islamic Republic. He has been sounding increasingly angry in recent weeks.