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Abbas Araghchi
Iran's Foreign Minister since August 2024; JCPOA veteran whose civilian diplomacy the IRGC overrides.
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#173 19 Aug
Mentioned in: Oman and Japan press for safe passage
Iran Conflict 2026#171 17 Aug
Decoupled the Oman shipping-map agreement from strait reopening and denied mediator contacts constitute negotiation
Iran Conflict 2026: Tehran won't extend the Islamabad clock#171 16 Aug
Mentioned in: Iran says Qatar holds three pilots
Iran Conflict 2026#169 10 Aug
Mentioned in: Rezaei sets Iran's price for Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#168 8 Aug
Mentioned in: Rezaei takes over Iran's security council
Iran Conflict 2026#167 6 Aug
Stood to gain leverage from the rejection
Iran Conflict 2026: Washington rejects the Majlis Hormuz transit bill#167 5 Aug
Mentioned in: A Hormuz fee, denied the same day
Iran Conflict 2026#166 5 Aug
Gave preliminary approval to a draft Hormuz agreement after eight rounds of talks
Iran Conflict 2026: Eight rounds done, but no sign-off yet#165 31 Jul
Iran claims and denies the same drone
Iran Conflict 2026#164 30 Jul
Mentioned in: Iran counters Oman with a lane demand
Iran Conflict 2026#163 25 Jul
Mentioned in: Tehran prices its exit in Lebanon
Iran Conflict 2026#163 24 Jul
Ukraine kills an Iranian sailor at sea
Iran Conflict 2026#161 24 Jul
Baghdad and Tehran deny ceasefire trip
Iran Conflict 2026#163 24 Jul
#158 21 Jul
Mentioned in: Qatar files a UN claim against Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#156 18 Jul
Led a delegation to Muscat for Oman-hosted Hormuz talks
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi takes Hormuz talks to Muscat#152 10 Jul
Met the Qatari delegation in Mashhad
Iran Conflict 2026: Qatari envoy reopens the Doha channel#150 8 Jul
Qatar summons Iran yet keeps mediating
Iran Conflict 2026#143 1 Jul
Mentioned in: Iran's two voices on the talks
Iran Conflict 2026#143 30 Jun
Warned of an immediate and powerful response if Israel acted on the threat
Iran Conflict 2026: Katz calls Iran's heir 'a dead man'#142 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Oman's Hormuz fee splits its authors
Iran Conflict 2026#141 27 Jun
Declared from Baghdad that Iran would hold sole oversight and management of Hormuz for 30 days
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran claims sole control of Hormuz#141 27 Jun
Iran skips talks, then watches them
Iran Conflict 2026#137 23 Jun
Travelled to Muscat and signed the joint governance statement
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran and Oman claim the strait#135 22 Jun
Claimed some frozen assets had been released and oil sanctions partially waived
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran claims relief; no US paper shows it#136 22 Jun
Mentioned in: The oil licence Trump finally signed
Iran Conflict 2026#135 22 Jun
Participated in day-two sessions at Burgenstock
Iran Conflict 2026: Mediators sign the deal, the parties don't#136 22 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump sells Iran's money to farm states
Iran Conflict 2026#135 21 Jun
Led the delegation that paused mid-session and returned after the walkout
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump talks war, signs no orders#134 21 Jun
Co-led Iran's delegation to Switzerland talks on 21 June
Iran Conflict 2026: Vance lands in Geneva for Iran talks#131 17 Jun
Stated charges for maritime navigation services would be collected once the 60-day toll-free period expires
Iran Conflict 2026: Deal bans the Hormuz toll, licenses its replacement#130 16 Jun
Held a ready-made violation claim over Lebanon ceasefire breaches as the MOU's Lebanon scope remained disputed
Iran Conflict 2026: Lebanon is where the deal cracks first#128 15 Jun
Stated Hormuz passage will carry service costs under Iranian-Omani sovereignty, contradicting Trump's toll-free declaration
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran and US name Hormuz two ways#128 15 Jun
Iran hardliners revolt against the deal
Iran Conflict 2026#129 15 Jun
Stated on 15 June that continued Israeli military presence in Lebanon would constitute a memorandum violation
Iran Conflict 2026: Hezbollah fired on Israel hours after signing#128 14 Jun
Stated nuclear issues would not be addressed in the initial MOU, deferring them to a 60-day window
Iran Conflict 2026: The nuclear core is left for later#127 14 Jun
US drops its uranium ship-out demand
Iran Conflict 2026#126 13 Jun
stated dilute-in-Iran as the only acceptable HEU disposition on 13 June
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran's red line: dilute uranium at home#127 13 Jun
Iran's right turns on the Hormuz deal
Iran Conflict 2026#127 13 Jun
Grossi warns Iran on hidden transfers
Iran Conflict 2026#126 13 Jun
The IRGC has not signed the deal text
Iran Conflict 2026#126 12 Jun
Four officials, one text, four answers
Iran Conflict 2026#124 11 Jun
Iran's deal waits on a leader unseen since March
Iran Conflict 2026#119 6 Jun
Iran answers Aoun on three fronts
Iran Conflict 2026#123 6 Jun
Met Naqvi on the morning of 7 June as part of the back-channel coordination
Iran Conflict 2026: Pakistan's minister carries dual message to Tehran#119 6 Jun
Mentioned in: Putin renews HEU offer at SPIEF
Iran Conflict 2026#117 4 Jun
Told Tasnim no tangible progress had been made in US-Iran negotiations
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran sends no nuclear counter to US#118 4 Jun
Coupled the Lebanon ceasefire to the Iran-US MOU and warned an attack on Beirut triggers full-scale resumption
Iran Conflict 2026: Hezbollah veto stalls the Iran-US deal#120 4 Jun
Mentioned in: IAEA loses track of Iran's uranium
Iran Conflict 2026#118 4 Jun
Mentioned in: US unsure Iran's Supreme Leader is alive
Iran Conflict 2026#120 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Senate war-powers vote falls ten short
Iran Conflict 2026#116 2 Jun
Denied Tasnim's claim that messages had stopped and phoned six foreign counterparts to reopen mediated talks
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi reopens the talks Tehran had suspended#115 1 Jun
Announced formal suspension of all mediated talks via Tasnim at 09:56
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran walks out of talks at 09:56#114 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Ghalibaf pre-refuses any Iran deal text
Iran Conflict 2026#114 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump edits Iran MOU but signs nothing
Iran Conflict 2026#109 26 May
Participated in Doha war-cabinet talks on 25-26 May as Iran's chief diplomatic negotiator
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran war cabinet home, no deal signed#103 20 May
Mentioned in: Pakistan mediation live, unwritten and only partial
Iran Conflict 2026#101 18 May
Mentioned in: Israel ran covert bases in Iraq
Iran Conflict 2026#102 18 May
Mentioned in: Speaker Ghalibaf made Iran's China envoy
Iran Conflict 2026#100 17 May
Mentioned in: Ghalibaf declares new world order, quoting Xi
Iran Conflict 2026#100 17 May
Mentioned in: Tasnim corroborates €50m Majlis bounty bill on Trump
Iran Conflict 2026#99 15 May
Mentioned in: Majlis reviews €50m Trump bounty bill
Iran Conflict 2026#100 15 May
Described UAE as blocker with 'special relations with Israel' without naming it directly
Iran Conflict 2026: UAE blocks BRICS Iran statement after Gulf drone strikes#99 15 May
Declared Hormuz open to friendly nations and closed to adversaries via Mehr News
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran runs Hormuz as a favours system#100 15 May
Confirmed Iran guiding Indian vessels and disclosed 13-ship queue to Jaishankar
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi tells Jaishankar Iran guides Indian ships#97 14 May
Told BRICS foreign ministers Iran has not created obstacles in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi denies Hormuz obstruction at BRICS Delhi#98 14 May
Araghchi flies to Delhi as Minab168
Iran Conflict 2026#97 13 May
#96 12 May
Confirmed attendance at BRICS foreign ministers meeting in New Delhi on 14-15 May, building non-Western multilateral backing during the Trump-Xi summit
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi flies to BRICS Delhi 14-15 May#95 11 May
Met Wang Yi in Beijing on 6 May to pre-position Iran's negotiating case ahead of the Trump-Xi summit
Iran Conflict 2026: 72 hours to Beijing locks the week#95 11 May
Met Turkish, Egyptian and Dutch foreign ministers in three separate engagements on 11 May
Iran Conflict 2026: Turkey, Egypt, Netherlands in one day#1 11 May
Mentioned in: Brent-Dubai EFS over $6, TD3C at WS458
European Oil Markets#91 7 May
Mentioned in: IRGC fires on US destroyers in Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#90 7 May
Mentioned in: Pakistan carries US memo to Tehran
Iran Conflict 2026#91 7 May
Mentioned in: Iran reads MOU; reply window to 9 May
Iran Conflict 2026#91 7 May
Mentioned in: IDF kills Radwan chief Balout in Beirut
Iran Conflict 2026#90 6 May
Met Wang Yi in Beijing and coordinated Iran's position ahead of the Trump-Xi summit
Iran Conflict 2026: Xi denies arms transfers ahead of summit#89 6 May
Met Wang Yi in Beijing on 6 May, the first such visit since the war began
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi meets Wang Yi in Beijing#89 6 May
Confirmed talks are progressing through Pakistan's mediation
Iran Conflict 2026: Dar names four topics in Iran channel#90 5 May
Mentioned in: Rubio rejected on Monday, paper Thursday
Iran Conflict 2026#91 5 May
Mentioned in: Hengaw: 56-prison hunger strike on 5 May
Iran Conflict 2026#88 3 May
Mentioned in: Pakistan carries first US written reply
Iran Conflict 2026#97 3 May
#87 1 May
Delivered 14-point written ceasefire proposal to Pakistan for onward transmission to Washington
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran delivers 14-point ceasefire text via Pakistan#86 1 May
Called on the US to drop its threatening rhetoric and expansionist approach
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran's fourth ceasefire text on 1 May#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: SNSC restores 'Internet Pro' on Day 60
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Ran 72-hour shuttle through Islamabad twice, Muscat, and St Petersburg
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran defers nuclear talks past ceasefire#82 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran internet blackout enters 60th day
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Day 60 ends with zero Iran instruments
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Hormuz transits climb to 13 on 28 April
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: First Tehran-Moscow flight after 60 days
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: UAE quits OPEC effective 1 May
Iran Conflict 2026#82 27 Apr
Delivered Hormuz-first decoupling offer to Sultan Haitham and Putin in person
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran offers Hormuz first; US rejects#81 27 Apr
Met Putin at Kremlin on 27 April; returned without Lavrov-signed joint statement
Iran Conflict 2026: Putin condemns war; Il-76s carry the kit#81 27 Apr
Met Sultan Haitham bin Tariq in Muscat on 26 April to negotiate Hormuz toll protocol
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran-Oman draft toll outside US reach#81 27 Apr
Conducted three-capital Islamabad-Muscat-Moscow diplomatic circuit carrying the proposal
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran files three-phase deal; nuclear last#82 27 Apr
Mentioned in: Brent $108 as CENTCOM seizes more tankers
Iran Conflict 2026#82 27 Apr
Met Putin, Lavrov, Ushakov and Kostyukov at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library on 27 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Yeltsin Library, not Kremlin, hosted Araghchi#80 26 Apr
Araghchi reaches Muscat after Salalah strike
Iran Conflict 2026#82 26 Apr
Mentioned in: GL-V opens a 24 May Iran deadline
Iran Conflict 2026#79 25 Apr
Araghchi flies home; Witkoff grounded in DC
Iran Conflict 2026#80 25 Apr
Putin receives Araghchi at the Kremlin
Iran Conflict 2026#78 24 Apr
IRGC ends self-restraint, warns host neighbours
Iran Conflict 2026#78 23 Apr
Mentioned in: Khamenei rules Iran by handwritten courier
Iran Conflict 2026#78 23 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump extends Lebanon ceasefire three weeks
Iran Conflict 2026#77 22 Apr
Sidelined as civilian moderate while IRGC took operational control
Iran Conflict 2026: Vahidi's IRGC writes the diplomatic track#77 22 Apr
Mentioned in: IRGC boards three ships inside Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#77 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran hangs former atomic-agency staffer for Mossad spying
Iran Conflict 2026#76 21 Apr
Called the blockade an act of war and a violation of the ceasefire
Iran Conflict 2026: Three Iranian principals, three incompatible lines#75 21 Apr
Told Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar on 20 April that Iran is taking all aspects into consideration before deciding on whether to attend Islamabad talks
Iran Conflict 2026: Vance departs for Islamabad with no Iran yes#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump tells Bloomberg extension 'highly unlikely'
Iran Conflict 2026#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Baqaei in Farsi: message exchanges continue
Iran Conflict 2026#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Tehran converges on 'table of surrender'
Iran Conflict 2026#74 19 Apr
Mentioned in: US warship seizes Iranian cargo ship Touska
Iran Conflict 2026#74 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Baqaei rejects uranium handover on sacred ground
Iran Conflict 2026#77 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Hormuz transits crash to three as blackout extends
Iran Conflict 2026#74 19 Apr
Mentioned in: Treasury signs Russia waiver, lets Iran's lapse
Iran Conflict 2026#72 17 Apr
Announced Hormuz open at 05:00 GMT on 17 April
Iran Conflict 2026: Hormuz opens then closes in 24 hours#72 17 Apr
Trump uranium claim denied same day
Iran Conflict 2026#74 17 Apr
Mentioned in: IRGC Navy writes its own Hormuz transit rulebook
Iran Conflict 2026#74 18 Apr
“announced civilian corridor through”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#70 16 Apr
Claimed partial progress at Islamabad that Vance's press conference contradicted
Iran Conflict 2026: Munir in Tehran; Vance's walkout explained#71 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Munir extracts Iran's first nuclear monitoring concession
Iran Conflict 2026#71 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran narrows enrichment gap to 3-5 years
Iran Conflict 2026#72 17 Apr
#70 15 Apr
Confirmed Iran cannot enrich at any surviving facility due to strike damage
Iran Conflict 2026: Enrichment talks haggle over ruined kit#68 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Mojtaba hardens nuclear line, capability gone
Iran Conflict 2026#69 14 Apr
Confirmed Iran cannot currently enrich uranium at any site due to strike damage
Iran Conflict 2026: Peskov reopens uranium off-ramp to Iran#67 13 Apr
confirmed Iran cannot enrich uranium at any facility due to strike damage
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran admits enrichment capacity is destroyed#72 13 Apr
“confirmed fordow strike damage prevents enrichment”
Iran Conflict 2026 · source event
#66 11 Apr
Mentioned in: Enrichment gap blocks any nuclear text
Iran Conflict 2026#65 11 Apr
Islamabad talks open in separate rooms
Iran Conflict 2026#64 10 Apr
Vance Arrives for First Iran Talks
Iran Conflict 2026#63 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump claims enrichment ban Iran has never confirmed
Iran Conflict 2026#63 9 Apr
Mentioned in: Israel kills 254 in largest Lebanon operation
Iran Conflict 2026#60 6 Apr
Pakistan Brokers First Ceasefire Framework of the War
Iran Conflict 2026#59 4 Apr
Trump Replaces Own Deadline With Fourth Ultimatum
Iran Conflict 2026#58 3 Apr
Karaj bridge toll rises to thirteen
Iran Conflict 2026#57 2 Apr
Philippines Cuts Bilateral Hormuz Deal, Bypassing US Posture
Iran Conflict 2026#55 1 Apr
Mentioned in: Strike on Kharazi Kills the Back-Channel
Iran Conflict 2026#55 1 Apr
IRGC Military Council Captures Iranian State
Iran Conflict 2026#54 31 Mar
Iran: six more months; trust level zero
Iran Conflict 2026#53 31 Mar
Trump claims deal; Iran says no talks
Iran Conflict 2026#52 30 Mar
Islamabad talks end without a statement
Iran Conflict 2026#51 29 Mar
Islamabad four stall on Hormuz terms
Iran Conflict 2026#49 27 Mar
Mentioned in: Pakistan urged US to protect Iran envoys
Iran Conflict 2026#48 25 Mar
Iran rejects US plan, sets five terms
Iran Conflict 2026#47 24 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump claims Hormuz prize; Iran silent
Iran Conflict 2026#46 23 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC toll booth live at Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#46 23 Mar
Mentioned in: CENTCOM: 9,000 targets, 140 ships in 25d
Iran Conflict 2026#46 23 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran studies US terms, denies any talks
Iran Conflict 2026#46 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Pakistan relays Trump's terms to Tehran
Iran Conflict 2026#45 22 Mar
Articulated selective blockade policy
Iran Conflict 2026: Hormuz open to friends, shut to enemies#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: IDF: halfway done. Trump: already won.
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Faced expulsion of five Iranian diplomats from Saudi Arabia
Iran Conflict 2026: Riyadh expels five Iranian diplomats#43 19 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: war nearly won; no ceasefire
Iran Conflict 2026#44 19 Mar
Iran fires two missiles at Diego Garcia
Iran Conflict 2026#41 17 Mar
Demanded full US withdrawal from region as condition for peace
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran: US must leave region to end war#40 16 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump rejects every Pentagon off-ramp
Iran Conflict 2026#40 16 Mar
Lost Larijani, last senior negotiating figure, to Israeli strike
Iran Conflict 2026: Israel kills Larijani, last negotiator#38 15 Mar
Mentioned in: Eight days, no proof of life for Mojtaba
Iran Conflict 2026#40 15 Mar
Softened stance from ceasefire refusal to 'war must end'
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran FM shifts: this war must end#37 15 Mar
Iran FM: we never asked for a ceasefire
Iran Conflict 2026#36 14 Mar
Represented Iran during 48th attack wave on Gulf targets
Iran Conflict 2026: IRGC's 48th wave: three per day#36 14 Mar
Mentioned in: UAE stops full barrage; Fujairah burns
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar
Mentioned in: UK sets terms, rebukes Washington
Iran Conflict 2026#31 8 Mar
Mentioned in: Israel brands Mojtaba a tyrant
Iran Conflict 2026#29 7 Mar
Accused US of war crime over Qeshm desalination plant strike
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi: US struck Iran's water supply#29 7 Mar
Mentioned in: Iranian drone hits Bahrain water plant
Iran Conflict 2026#25 7 Mar
Mentioned in: UN: 330,000 displaced, aid failing
Iran Conflict 2026#26 7 Mar
Mentioned in: Pezeshkian rejects Trump surrender terms
Iran Conflict 2026#25 7 Mar
Responded to Trump's 'Make Iran Great Again' framing shift
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump says 'Make Iran Great Again'#26 7 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump threatens new target groups
Iran Conflict 2026#23 6 Mar
Mentioned in: Mojtaba Khamenei called 'unacceptable'
Iran Conflict 2026#24 6 Mar
Rejected Trump's unconditional surrender ultimatum
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump demands Iran's surrender#23 6 Mar
Delivered clearest refusal of ceasefire and all negotiations
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi: no ceasefire, no negotiations#23 6 Mar
Received joint Egyptian, Turkish and Omani mediation approach
Iran Conflict 2026: Egypt, Turkey, Oman launch mediation#22 5 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran fires 14 missiles at Qatar
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Phoned Qatar PM in first FM-level contact since war began
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi phones Qatar PM between salvos#22 5 Mar
Mentioned in: Duqm port hit again, bypass routes thin
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Confirmed zero direct contact with US envoys since war began
Iran Conflict 2026: No US-Iran contact confirmed#21 5 Mar
Confirmed loss of IRIS Dena, framing sinking as retaliation cue
Iran Conflict 2026: Araghchi confirms IRIS Dena loss#20 4 Mar
Aligned with Mokhber in public rejection of US negotiations
Iran Conflict 2026: Mokhber: Iran will not negotiate with US#18 4 Mar
Received Chinese pressure to spare tankers and LNG carriers
Iran Conflict 2026: China warns Iran: spare tankers and LNG#19 4 Mar
Accused Trump of betraying diplomacy and his own electorate
Iran Conflict 2026: Iran FM: Trump betrayed diplomacy#18 4 Mar
Oman keeps Iran dialogue alive
Iran Conflict 2026#18 4 Mar
Backed Larijani's public rejection of US negotiations
Iran Conflict 2026: Larijani: Iran will not talk to the US#16 3 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: Iran's new leaders struck already
Iran Conflict 2026#10 2 Mar