foreign minister

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Trump’s optimism had followed a social-media post by Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, declaring the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” during the cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Iran’s foreign minister said that in conjunction with the cease-fire in Lebanon, “the passage for all commercial vessels through Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Those traits, along with his standing as a protege of Marcelo Ebrard — Mexico’s secretary of the economy, who previously served as foreign minister — helped power Velasco’s meteoric career rise.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

He was broadly repeating what the country's former foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, a moderate, had written a few days earlier in an article in the US publication Foreign Affairs.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

As a former foreign minister now serving as secretary of state, Jefferson required no instruction on the international implications of Americas debtor status.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis