Iran hopes Middle East tensions won’t escalate: Mohammad Javad Zarif 

Tokyo: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Wednesday that he hopes tensions in the Middle East will not escalate further. During a meeting in Yokohama city, Zarif discussed with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the standoff following the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal. The pact was signed between Iran and the world’s major powers. “Iran welcomes the Japanese government’s role in trying to ease tensions in the Middle East,” the Iranian Minister said. Abe, for his part, said that Japan will continue with its diplomatic efforts to try and ease the escalating tensions in the Middle East. (IANS)

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