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Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister, has separate telephone conversations with top German, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and EU diplomats, Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, on the latest developments in Syria and about the implementation of the JCPOA. Iran has ramped up diplomatic contacts with other countries in recent days after the liberation of Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo from the grip of Takfiri terrorists and, on Wednesday, Zarif held talks with his Russian and Turkish counterparts, Sergei Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, to discuss the issues of ceasefire and humanitarian aid in Aleppo, as well as the latest developments across the Arab country. The battle of Aleppo ended on Tuesday, as Takfiri militants and the Syrian government agreed to a ceasefire that would ensure opposition fighters’ exit from the city.