Tag: Iran’s ‘Olive Branch’ Foreign Minister

Iran’s ‘Olive Branch’ Foreign Minister Nominee Makes His Case In Parliament

  When Iran’s new president nominated Mohammad Javad Zarif, a U.S.-educated former United Nations diplomat, to be foreign minister, some observers described the move as a possible “olive branch” to the West. But within Iran, it appears that’s not necessarily a good thing. At an August 13 parliamentary hearing convened to consider President Hassan Rohani’s […]