Iran foreign minister to become chief nuclear negotiator

Iran foreign minister to become chief nuclear negotiator

Iran’s foreign minister will lead nuclear talks with world powers, taking over from the country's national security council, an Iranian diplomatic official said Tuesday. “The nuclear dossier has been transferred to the Foreign Ministry,” AP quoted the official as saying. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, a Western-educated veteran diplomat, will be top nuclear negotiator. The move transfers the nuclear file to professional diplomats rather than security-minded figures at the Supreme National Security Council.