Abbas Araghchi

Turkey says Iranian fire killed soldier on border as foreign ministers discuss US-Iran talks

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also held talks with his UAE counterpart, as Tehran works with mediators to end its war with the United States.

Iranians make their way after crossing into Turkey at the Kapikoy Border Gate in the eastern Van province, Turkey, March 3, 2026.
Iranians motorists drive past a poster of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in central Tehran on November 1, 2026.

Iran, US far from deal to end war as Tehran threatens response to US strikes

An Iranian woman holds Iran's national flag on a street in Tehran on November 1, 2026.

Araghchi says Qatari-mediated dialogue with US was ‘very intense’ despite lack of breakthrough

An illustration of oil barrels, pipelines, and drills, over the backdrop of US and Iranian flags.

Iran’s energy and environmental crises: The promise of a free Iran - opinion


Witkoff, Kushner meet mediators as Iran sets demands for reopening Hormuz

Talks over the Strait of Hormuz advanced as Iran submitted reopening terms and Witkoff and Kushner met mediators pursuing an agreement.

 (L-R) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and United States Special Envoy for Peace Jared Kushner,  81st session of the UNGA September 22, 2026.

Iran FM Araghchi denounces 'free hand' given to Israel ahead of United Nations General Assembly

According to Araghchi, Iran's primary goal during UNGA is to "defend the legitimacy, rights and interests of the Iranian people."

 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives for a SCO+ format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026.

Iran's foreign minister to visit China on Wednesday

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China on Wednesday.

CHINESE FOREIGN Minister Wang Yi and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi shake hands in Beijing, in this handout image released in May 2026.

Meeting in Oman with Gulf Arab states postponed at request of regional countries, Iran says

Oman's foreign minister, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, posted late Sunday that the regional meeting had been postponed "in the interests of consensus."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi meets with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Geneva, Switzerland, February 25, 2026.

Hezbollah MP calls on Islamic countries to unite against Israel during meeting with Iran's Araghchi

Fadlallah, a senior member of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc, complained of Israel’s alleged “expansionist ambitions” and expressed gratitude toward Iran.

 Lebanese Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah attends an interview with Reuters, amid hostilities between Hezbollah terrorists and Israeli forces, at the parliament in Beirut, Lebanon November 26, 2024.

Trump's economic 'D-Day' will only bring further defeat to US, Iran's Araghchi warns

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warns Trump’s economic campaign will fail, as IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi threatens a more destructive Iranian response if another war breaks out.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends the talks with Russian President at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library in Saint Petersburg on April 27, 2026.

Iran's drone strike on Kurds may be warning over Trump administration's backchannel, analyst says

Two drones targeted the office of Masrour Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional Government's prime minister, and the home of the region's intelligence chief in northern Iraq on Monday.

Nechirvan Barzani, President of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, gives a joint press conference with France's Foreign Minister in Arbil, the regional capital, on February 5, 2026.

'We won the war, won diplomacy': Araghchi says Iran pushed US war so it could control ceasefire

Araghchi concluded by saying that "those who tried to impose unconditional surrender on Iran begged for negotiations shortly after the war began."

FOREIGN MINISTER of Iran Abbas Araghchi, and Speaker of Iran Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf with the delegation of Iran at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026.

Shipping slows through Strait of Hormuz after tanker attacks, data shows

Some ships may pass through undetected with transponders off, but the figures are far from the more than 130 ships a day that traversed the Strait of Hormuz before the war.

This image shows the Strait of Hormuz, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The Strait of Hormuz runs between Iran and United Arab Emirates, 2004.

Hezbollah attempts to resupply operatives trapped underground, Iran continues executing protesters

Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo to discuss BoP deal • IDF reportedly diverts forces to West Bank to combat settler extremism • IDF strikes Hezbollah command center

Debris is strewn across the jetty in the Port of Mokha the day after an attack by the Houthis on the city of Mokha, held by Yemen's internationally recognised, Aden-based government on August 10, 2026.