Abbas Araqchi

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi attends a press conference following a meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2025. Photo: Tatyana Makeyeva/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Iran will not back down from nuclear rights: Foreign minister

Araqchi was speaking in Doha a day ahead of another round of planned nuclear talks between Iran and the US in Oman

Rescuers search for survivors in a damaged building after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muridke near Lahore, Pakistan, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/File Photo
South Asia

Iran's foreign minister repeats call for restraint in India-Pakistan standoff

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, leaves a meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna, Austria, June 12, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File photo
Middle East

Iran's new president picks pragmatist as top diplomat in proposed cabinet