Mohammad Javed Zarif

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation on Wednesday, saying the departure of the public face of the Islamic republic's detente with the West would be against its best interests.

Iran is trying to resolve the case against Iranian-American reporter Jason Rezaian "from a humanitarian point of view", Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said today.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif began high-stakes talks in Geneva today to try and hammer out a historic nuclear deal ahead of a June 30 deadline.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will hold talks in Brussels next Monday on Iran's nuclear programme, the EU said on Monday.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's resignation on Wednesday, saying the departure of the public face of the Islamic republic's detente with the West would be against its best interests.

Iran is trying to resolve the case against Iranian-American reporter Jason Rezaian "from a humanitarian point of view", Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said today.

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif began high-stakes talks in Geneva today to try and hammer out a historic nuclear deal ahead of a June 30 deadline.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will hold talks in Brussels next Monday on Iran's nuclear programme, the EU said on Monday.