Iran FM Araghchi speaks to Pakistan military chief, Iraqi Kurdistan president

Ahram Online , Friday 24 Apr 2026

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held phone calls with Pakistan's military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and the country's top diplomat, Ishaq Dar, as uncertainty remained over the future of peace talks with the United States.

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Iran FM Araghchi - Field Marshal Asim Munir

 

Araghchi also spoke to the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, Nechirvan Barzani, according to the foreign minister's official Telegram channel.

Pakistan has emerged as the lead mediator in efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, but following a marathon first session of talks on 11 April, talks have stalled.

On Tuesday, Tehran accused the United States of violating the truce through its blockade of Iranian ports and seizure of a ship.

"By imposing a blockade and violating the ceasefire, Trump wants to turn this negotiating table into a surrender table or justify renewed hostilities, as he sees fit," said Iran's powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who headed the delegations to talks in the Pakistani capital two weeks ago.

"We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the last two weeks we have been preparing to show new cards on the battlefield," he wrote on X.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned of targeting any vessel attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without permission.

Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran on 28 February, Iran has all but shut the transit passage in the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of the world's oil, to all ships affiliated with countries that supported the war.

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