Mohammad Javad Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif?s visit to Turkey has been postponed, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official told the Hürriyet Daily News on Aug. 11.

Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif's visit to Turkey was postponed, a Turkish foreign ministry official said on Aug. 11.

The official gave no further details.  

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Turkey on Aug. 11 as he embarks on the second round of his tour of regional countries, including Lebanon and Pakistan, after a nuclear agreement was reached between Iran and world powers.

Iran's foreign minister moved July 28 to dismiss speculation that his country's nuclear deal with major powers could hit difficulties, saying he had "no concern or worry" about its implementation.

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on July 27 denounced "aggressive statements" by Iran, intensifying the verbal sparring between the regional rivals following a global deal on Tehran's nuclear programme.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said July 27 that he had presented a report on this month's landmark deal on Iran's nuclear energy program to Iranian-born Shiite leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in southern Iraq.

The European Union's foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will travel to Tehran on July 28 following the West's historic nuclear deal with Iran, also going to Saudi Arabia in her first official visit to the two regional powers.

President Hassan Rouhani defended a nuclear deal criticized by Iran's conservatives, arguing July 23 that the agreement reflected the nation's will and was "more valuable" than domestic carping about its details. 

Iran?s foreign minister defended the nuclear deal he reached with world powers after criticism from hardliners, telling the conservative-dominated parliament on July 21 that most if not all of the country?s conditions had been respected. 

France's foreign minister Laurent Fabius said July 21 he would visit Iran "next week", after the historic deal on its nuclear programme.