The Iranian foreign minister and chief of the army staff of Pakistan have met in Islamabad, and discussed regional peace efforts.

Iran’s foreign minister said the United States’ “maximalism, shifting goalposts, and blockade” derailed what was just inches away from becoming the “Islamabad MoU."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Araghchi says US-Israeli airstrikes on the Iranian civilian nuclear facilities expose the region to the risk of radioactive contamination.

Araghchi says the Israeli targeted killing of Lebanese journalists is “an attempt to kill truth.”

Iran’s foreign minister has defended Iranian strikes against US military bases in the region, citing evidence from a US Central Command video showing American rocket systems operating from neighboring countries.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has left Tehran for Geneva ahead of a third round of talks with the US on a replacement for the 2015 nuclear deal to remove anti-Iran sanctions.