Iran’s president proposes ex-nuclear negotiator as foreign minister

Iran’s former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi has been proposed as the country’s new foreign minister by President Masoud Pezeshkian (Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has proposed former nuclear negotiator Abbas Araghchi as the country’s new foreign minister, and is also seeking to appoint a woman as roads and housing minister.

If approved, Farzaneh Sadegh would be Iran’s first female minister in more than a decade.