Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif is nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Almaty. July 15. Silkroadnews - "The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute advanced the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry as the candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016", - reports Trend.
As noted, the Institute noted their role in reaching an agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
For the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015 will qualify 276 candidates, 49 of them - the organization. This figure is only slightly less than the record set in 2014. Then on the Peace Prize was nominated 278 candidates.
The process of selection of the winner will take the next seven months. The name will be known in October. Certificate of Merit, a medal and a cash check for eight million Swedish kronor ($965 thousand) winner will receive from the hands of the King of Norway, on December 10 - the day of death of the famous Swedish chemist.