The Iranian foreign minister raised doubts about the West’s commitment to resolving the nuclear standoff in a pointed message to visiting European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. Baroness Ashton met on Sunday with President Hasan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, Ali Larijani, the powerful speaker of the parliament, and Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. It was her first visit to the country and one of the highest-profile visits by a Western official since nuclear talks advanced late last year. The talks covered a range of issues from Iran’s disputed nuclear program to the conflict in Syria, human rights and Afghanistan. After lengthy talks, Mr. Zarif publicly questioned the West’s commitment to a full nuclear deal and about whether an interim deal reached in November was being properly implemented. “It is up to the other side [to] come to the […]