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New Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has nominated veteran diplomat and former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi to be foreign minister, state news agency ISNA reported on Sunday. Araghchi still needs the approval of lawmakers in parliament, however their backing is considered assured. Araghchi served as ambassador to Finland and Japan. He was then deputy foreign minister under late president Ebrahim Raisi. He led the Iranian side during the negotiations in Vienna that resulted in Tehran and several world powers signing a deal in 2015 that placed significant restrictions on Iran’s nuclear p…

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