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Al Arabiya English<\/span> Wednesday, 31 May 2017<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned remarks made by former MP and leader of the hardline fundamentalist movement, Mahmoud Nubian, in which he said that Zarif had negotiated a deal with the US offering the commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, Qassem Soleimani, in exchange for a complete lifting of the sanctions.<\/p>\n In a statement to reporters, quoted by the Iranian television on Wednesday, Zarif dismissed these statements and described them as \u201cfake,\u201d adding that he has a special relationship with General Soleimani, calling on Nubian to \u201capologize and repent\u201d before filing a complaint against him.<\/p>\n Former MP Nubian accused Iran\u2019s foreign minister of \u201cbetrayal\u201d by pledging to hand over Soleimani in exchange for lifting the sanctions.<\/p>\n Nubian proclaimed in a speech to a crowd of his supporters in Tehran last Monday, broadcasted by Iranian agencies, that \u201cZarif made an agreement with the US during the nuclear negotiations with the 5 + 1 group in 2015 on the nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n He stated that this scandal will continue to chase Zarif as long as he is alive. He added that \u201ca year and a half after signing the nuclear agreement, the West, led by the United States, has placed a new condition for joining the FATF, saying that sanctions will be lifted provided that General Qassem Soleimani will be handed over.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassimi denied in his weekly press conference his country\u2019s intention to extradite Soleimani in exchange for lifting the sanctions saying: \u201cThis is an unpleasant, ill-advised and arrogant statement. It is unbelievable that someone in Iran can make such misguided and wrong declarations.\u201d<\/p>\n Qassimi pointed out that the policy of the Iranian Foreign Ministry is about patience and moderation, emphasizing that they did not file a complaint to the judiciary services, \u201cbut if this turns out to be a serious matter we will, because this is a big charge against government officials.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"