Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks were ‘illegally leaked’. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s remarks leaked on Sunday have been taken out of context, adding they were part of a classified discussion that was "illegally" published, and by no means reflected the official stance of the Islamic Republic. "What Zarif has said should be seen as a whole and not cherry-picked," Saeed Khatibzadeh said at a weekly press conference on Monday.