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Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses journalists during a news briefing in Athens December 6, 2010
Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010

Open quoteHereby, I thank you for your services as efforts during your tenure in the Foreign Ministry.Close quote

  • MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD,
  • Iranian President, in an unanticipated dismissal letter to Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki; the head of the country's nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, will serve as acting Foreign Minister
Photo: John Kolesidis / Reuters | Source: New York Times