Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi

August 22, 2025 1:26 PM

Iran, European powers to discuss nuclear talks, sanctions, IRNA reports

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will have a joint telephone call with his French, British and German counterparts on Friday to discuss nuclear talks and sanctions, state news agency IRNA reported. The three European powers have threatened to activate United Nations (UN) sanctions on Iran under a "snapback" mechanism if Iran does not return to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme. The countries, along with the United States, contend that Iran is using the nuclear programme to ...

July 7, 2025 6:05 AM

EAM Jaishankar holds talks on “regional developments” with Iranian Foreign Minister

India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday met Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, with discussions focused mainly on recent developments in West Asia. “Glad to meet FM @araghchi of Iran this evening. Our conversation focused on recent regional developments,” Jaishankar said in a post on X. The meeting comes amid heightened tensions in the region, including conflict between Iran and Israel and recent US...

July 2, 2025 12:29 PM

US bombing ‘seriously damaged’ Iran’s Fordow nuclear site: Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi

The U.S. bombing of Iran's key Fordow nuclear site has "seriously and heavily damaged" the facility, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an interview with CBS News. "No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged," Araqchi said in the interview broadcast on Tuesday. "The Atomic Energy Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran... is currently undertaking evaluation and assessme...