Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi looks on during a meeting with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Tuesday, September 9, 2025. KHALED ELFIQI / AP
Iran's top diplomat was heading to Pakistan on Friday, April 24, where officials have been trying to get the United States and Iran to convene for a second round of ceasefire negotiations. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on X that he was on his way to Pakistan, Oman and Russia on a trip focused on "bilateral matters and regional developments."
The White House did not immediately respond to questions about Araghchi's trip to Pakistan and whether a US delegation would also travel there. The trip comes as much of the world has been on edge over a war that has snarled crucial energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, clouded the global economic picture and left thousands dead across the Middle East.
Islamabad has been trying to get US and Iranian officials back to the negotiating table after the talks expected this week failed to materialize, with President Donald Trump extending the ceasefire at Pakistan's request to give diplomacy more time. That hasn't lowered tensions in the strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas is shipped during peacetime.
