Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized that Iran is willing to discuss negotiations regarding nuclear weapons if approached with respect in an interview published by Iran’s Tasnim News on Wednesday. He warned, however, that if the US would use past tactics of putting pressure on Iran as it did in US President-elect Trump’s first term, they would be … Read more
Iran is seeking to increase ties with China. This is a trend that goes back several years as Iran approved a 25-year agreement with China that is supposed to see massive investment in Iran by China. However, Iran wants to move things along faster as it sees how it is losing ground in places … Read more
2025 will be an important year for the country’s nuclear issue, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told reporters in Beijing on Saturday. His comments show signs that it is bracing for a possible re-imposition of incoming US president Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy. Araqchi added, in remarks aired by Iran’s state TV, that he … Read more
Iran may be shifting to focus more on foreign policy, a logical move after the fall of the Assad regime and the weakening of some of its proxies in the region. This focus can be extrapolated from different messaging coming out of Iran. One message came from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in which he … Read more
Tehran reserves the right to react Israeli airstrikes last month on Iran but also bears in mind other developments in the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday. Araghchi told reporters during a trip to Lisbon that Iran welcomed Tuesday’s ceasefire agreement in Lebanon and hoped it could lead to a permanent … Read more
Iran has tried in vain to prevent a Western push for a resolution against it at the UN nuclear watchdog’s board meeting by offering to cap its stock of uranium just shy of weapons-grade, the watchdog and diplomats said on Tuesday. One of two confidential International Atomic Energy Agency reports to member states, both … Read more
Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam al-Sabbagh flew to Iran this week, where he met with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The meeting between the two men was reported in Iranian state media, but it did not initially provide many details except that they discussed “various issues.” After they met, Iran said it would … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media. The discussions with Turkmenistan are part of Iran’s wider outreach to Central Asia. Tehran wants to improve trade ties and also a north-south economic corridor. Iran’s IRNA reported that “Iran’s Minister of Agriculture Gholamreza Nouri … Read more
Iran is monitoring and tracking US bases in the Middle East, the country’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi stated during a press conference in Kuwait on Tuesday, Iranian state media agencies Mehr and Tasnim reported. “We are closely monitoring all US bases in the region and keeping track of their movements. We are also sharing … Read more
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew to Egypt on Wednesday evening after a trip to the Kingdom of Jordan. It is part of a regional tour that has seen him travel to the Gulf and also other Arab states. This appears to be an unprecedented number of trips in a short period of time … Read more
