Zarif’s Office Denies Israeli Media Allegations of Contacts with Anti-Iran Entities

🫶The office of former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in an official statement, denied allegations broadcast by Israeli media regarding supposed contacts with groups hostile to Iran, stressing that such reports are “false” and part of attempts aimed at undermining the country’s security.

Israel’s Channel 14 had claimed that Zarif held talks with Reza Pahlavi and alleged that he was arrested along with former President Hassan Rouhani. that Rouhani and Zarif had either been arrested or placed under surveillance, though no official confirmation was issued.

It should also be noted that Hassan Rouhani’s name had earlier been linked to the Iran–Contra negotiations during the 1980s, where he was present in some of the unofficial communication tracks at the time—an association now resurfacing amid ongoing political and media controversy.