TEHRAN – In a message issued on Monday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif shared his sorrow over the death of Ebrahim Yazdi who once served as foreign minister of Iran.

Ebrahim Yazdi, who also served as deputy prime minister, died late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 86.

Yazdi spent several years in exile in the U.S., where he fought against the Pahlavi regime. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he returned to Iran to become foreign minister in the transitional government of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan.

He was a founding member and eventual leader of the Freedom Movement of Iran.

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