Iranian FM hospitalized for serious back pains

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was hospitalized in Tehran after suffering severe pain in his back, Israel Radio reports. He was supposed to make a speech today but the speech was canceled due to Zarif’s medical condition.

Zarif suffered back pains in the past and during some of the time in Geneva, in negotiations with representatives of the US and other world powers, he was confined to a wheelchair.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif  talks to the press  at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, on May 28, 2015. Iran warned global powers against making "excessive demands" in talks aimed at sealing a ground-breaking nuclear deal, after France demanded access to its military installations.  (AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif talks to the press at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, on May 28, 2015. Iran warned global powers against making “excessive demands” in talks aimed at sealing a ground-breaking nuclear deal, after France demanded access to its military installations. (AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)

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