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Iran's foreign minister briefly hospitalized

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Last Updated : Mar 18 2018 | 4:00 PM IST

Iranian state media says the country's foreign minister was briefly hospitalized due to severe illness.

The state-run IRNA news agency cited a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying that Mohammad Javad Zarif was hospitalized for a few hours on Saturday and has cancelled all his meetings today so he can rest. The spokesman did not provide further details on his illness.

Zarif, a relative moderate, was the lead negotiator in the talks leading up to the 2015 nuclear accord with world powers. He was briefly hospitalized with back pain in October 2013.

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First Published: Mar 18 2018 | 4:00 PM IST

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