{"id":1904011,"date":"2026-04-26T18:27:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1904011"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:27:57","slug":"iranian-foreign-minister-heads-to-moscow-for-meeting-with-putin-after-second-pakistan-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1904011","title":{"rendered":"Iranian foreign minister heads to Moscow for meeting with Putin after second Pakistan trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/65\/62\/1200x675_cmsv2_bc4af6ac-9cad-540e-be09-a9c9668d7bd2-9736562.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2889093-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2889093\" data-cid=\"9736431\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2889093-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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Pakistan, Saturday, 25 April, 2026.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Pakistan Prime Minister Office\/AP Photo<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Pakistan Prime Minister Office\/AP Photo\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspLucy Davalou&amp;nbsp&amp;&amp;nbsp<b>AFP &amp; AP<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1777228077\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-04-26 20:27:57 +02:00\">26\/04\/2026 &#8211; 20:27 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                           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class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire-popup__content__embed--success-copied u-display-none js-c-article-partage-commentaire-video-embed-success-link-copied\"><br \/>\n                                Copied<br \/>\n                            <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi travelled once to Oman and twice to Pakistan over the weekend, before heading to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi returned to Pakistan on Sunday, a day after leaving the country as US President Donald Trump cancelled a planned trip to Islamabad by US negotiators.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" 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The messages were not part of any negotiations, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian media said that Araghchi&#8217;s second visit to Pakistan looked to share &#8220;Iran&#8217;s positions and views on the framework of any understanding to completely end the war&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During his first visit to Islamabad on Friday and Saturday, he met with Pakistan&#8217;s military chief Asim Munir, a key mediator, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. Other Iranian envoys then travelled back to Tehran to &#8220;to consult and obtain the necessary instructions on issues related to ending the war&#8221;, according to ISNA.<\/p>\n<p>Araghchi described his Pakistan trip on Saturday as &#8220;very fruitful&#8221; but signalled scepticism over Washington&#8217;s intentions, insisting he had &#8220;yet to see if the US is truly serious about diplomacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Trump cancels negotiating team&#8217;s trip to Pakistan<\/h2>\n<p>US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner were meant to head to Pakistan on Saturday for an &#8220;in-person conversation&#8221; with Iran, according to the White House.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But Trump later said that he had cancelled the trip, insisting that there was no point &#8220;sitting around talking about nothing&#8221;. Iranian state media, however, had earlier said that direct talks were never on the table to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They gave us a paper that should have been better and &#8211; interestingly &#8211; immediately when I cancelled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better,&#8221; Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Later that evening, a gunman was arrested at the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner, however Trump said he did not think it was related to Iran. <\/p>\n<p>Trump then said on Sunday that &#8220;we&#8217;re not doing this anymore. We have all the cards. If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us, you know there is a telephone, we have nice secure lines.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Hormuz blockade still in place<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the vital Hormuz oil and gas route continues to be blocked, with no sign of it opening any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards posted a message on their Telegram channel saying that &#8220;controlling the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining the shadow of its deterrent effects over America and the White House&#8217;s supporters in the region is the definitive strategy of Islamic Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The US has blockaded Iran&#8217;s ports in retaliation, with Iranian state media then warning that &#8220;blockading, banditry and piracy&#8221; would result in a response. <\/p>\n<h2>Israel and Hezbollah trade accusations over ceasefire violations<\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusing the Iran-backed group of violating a ceasefire agreement between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p>During a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said &#8220;it must be understood that Hezbollah&#8217;s violations are, in practice, dismantling the ceasefire,&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah said in an announcement of its own that it would respond to Israel&#8217;s ceasefire violations and its &#8220;continued occupation of Lebanese territory&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Official Lebanese media reported on Sunday that Israel ordered evacuations for seven locations in the country. Subsequent aerial attacks caused casualties, destroyed a mosque and another religious building, the country&#8217;s national news agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s military said on Sunday evening that one of its was killed &#8220;during combat&#8221; in southern Lebanon and six others were wounder, four of them severely.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon&#8217;s health ministry has increased the death toll caused by Israeli attacks since the war erupted on 2 March to 2,509 dead and 7,755 injured.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-partage-commentaire-share\"><span>Share<\/span><\/span><span>Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 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Other Iranian envoys then travelled back to Tehran to &#8220;to consult and obtain the necessary instructions on issues related to ending the war&#8221;, according to ISNA.Araghchi described his Pakistan trip on Saturday as &#8220;very fruitful&#8221; but signalled scepticism over Washington&#8217;s intentions, insisting he had &#8220;yet to see if the US is truly serious about diplomacy.&#8221;Trump cancels negotiating team&#8217;s trip to PakistanUS special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump&#8217;s son-in-law Jared Kushner were meant to head to Pakistan on Saturday for\u00a0an &#8220;in-person conversation&#8221; with Iran, according to the White House.But Trump later said that he had cancelled the trip, insisting that there was no point &#8220;sitting around talking about nothing&#8221;. Iranian state media, however, had earlier said that direct talks were never on the table to begin with.&#8221;They gave us a paper that should have been better and &#8211; interestingly &#8211; immediately when I cancelled it, within 10 minutes, we got a new paper that was much better,&#8221; Trump told reporters.Later that evening, a gunman was arrested at the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner, however Trump said he did not think it was related to Iran.Trump then said on Sunday that &#8220;we&#8217;re not doing this anymore. We have all the cards. If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us, you know there is a telephone, we have nice secure lines.&#8221;Hormuz blockade still in placeMeanwhile, the vital Hormuz oil and gas route continues to be blocked, with no sign of it opening any time soon.Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards posted a message on their Telegram channel saying that &#8220;controlling the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining the shadow of its deterrent effects over America and the White House&#8217;s supporters in the region is the definitive strategy of Islamic Iran.&#8221;The US has blockaded Iran&#8217;s ports in retaliation, with Iranian state media then warning that &#8220;blockading, banditry and piracy&#8221; would result in a response.Israel and Hezbollah trade accusations over ceasefire violationsOn Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, accusing the Iran-backed group of violating a ceasefire agreement between the two parties.During a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said &#8220;it must be understood that Hezbollah&#8217;s violations are, in practice, dismantling the ceasefire,&#8221;.Hezbollah said in an announcement of its own that it would respond to Israel&#8217;s ceasefire violations and its &#8220;continued occupation of Lebanese territory&#8221;.Official Lebanese media reported on Sunday that Israel ordered evacuations for seven locations in the country. 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