US takes 'note' of Iran foreign minister resignation: Pompeo

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is "one of the "front men for a corrupt religious mafia," top US diplomat Mike Pompeo said on Monday following his surprise resignation. Zarif has served as Rouhani's foreign minister since August 2013 and has been under constant pressure and criticism by hardliners who opposed his policy of detente with the West.

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