Criticism over Kerry-Zarif stroll did not disrupt Rouhani meeting
Officials in the Hassan Rouhani administration have denied that the president stormed out of a meeting in anger after being criticized for the Geneva walk shared by Iran's top nuclear negotiator and the US secretary of state.
News that President Hassan Rouhani stormed out of a meeting has been denied by the administration and other officials present. Allegedly, Rouhani was upset that his foreign policy team had come under fire over a controversial stroll shared by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Hesam al-Din Ashna, Rouhani’s cultural adviser, told Tasnim News Agency, “At the latest session of the Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution, there was no tension. The president was present until the end of the meeting and he did not quit the meeting.”
