Following the dismissal of Iran's economy minister, influential Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif has also announced his resignation, according to state news agency IRNA. Zarif submitted his resignation to President Masoud Pezeshkian,

Iran's parliament voted on Sunday to remove the country's Economy Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati from office over mismanagement of the economy and a plunging national currency, state media reported.

Iran’s parliament on Sunday impeached the finance minister and voted to remove him from office after the rial plummeted to nearly one million to the US dollar. View on euronews

Iran’s economy minister was removed in a parliamentary vote on Sunday as criticism mounts of President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government over its handling of the economy and a sharp currency depreciation.