Abbas Araghchi

On 5 August, Araghchi gave preliminary approval to a draft maritime corridor agreement after eight negotiating rounds. The draft covered mine clearance, monitoring and service fees, but Iran's Supreme Leader and Supreme National Security Council still had to approve it. His approval made him Iran's named diplomatic sponsor for the proposal, not its final authority.

On 15 August, Araghchi separated the Oman shipping-map agreement from any decision to reopen the strait of Hormuz. He also said contacts through Qatari and Pakistani mediators did not amount to negotiations. The distinction preserved a narrow diplomatic track while leaving the wider political decision above his office.

On 13 June, Araghchi said Iran would dilute its 440.9 kg stockpile of Highly Enriched Uranium only inside Iran. Washington wanted the material transferred abroad before sanctions relief. The position placed him at the centre of the core dispute between Iranian control of the stockpile and external verification.

On 14 June, Araghchi confirmed that nuclear issues would not be addressed during the new 60-day negotiating window. For a JCPOA-era negotiator, the deferral showed the limits of his REMIT: he could state Tehran's position, but could not close the issue that defined his earlier diplomatic career.

On 1 June, Araghchi suspended mediated talks after citing Israeli strikes in Lebanon as a ceasefire breach. On 2 June, he then contacted Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey, France and Belgium to reopen channels that Iran's security council had suspended.

The sequence defines his wartime role. Araghchi can keep foreign channels alive and present Iran's public position, but other Iranian institutions can suspend, qualify or reverse the policy he is sent to explain. On 22 April, an IRGC faction was reported to have taken operational control of Iran's military and diplomatic positions, leaving any deal he signed subject to another authority.