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Zarif says US primary goal is to ‘create chaos’ in Iran

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif believes Iran can weather the storm of US sanctions.

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Foreign Ministers Council in Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2018. — Hudaverdi Arif Yaman/Reuters

As US sanctions against Iran resume Aug. 6 after the US exit from the 2015 nuclear deal, Iran’s top diplomat struck an upbeat tone with reporters.

“Today we are not under a crisis situation, rather, we have put a crisis situation behind us,” said Mohammad Javad Zarif on the occasion of Journalists’ Day.

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