Abbas Araghchi will speak with \u2018senior officials\u2019 in Moscow, Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry says.<\/p>\n
By AFP and The Associated Press<\/p>\n
Published On 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s top diplomat, Abbas Araghchi, has left Islamabad for Moscow, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, as mediators hope to keep the prospect of more Tehran-Washington talks alive.<\/p>\n
Araghchi sandwiched a trip to Muscat, Oman, in between visits to the Pakistani capital, leaving on Sunday to be in Russia the following day. But there was no indication that direct talks between Iran and the United States would resume.<\/p>\n
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However, in a sign that indirect efforts were ongoing, the Fars news agency reported that Iran had transmitted \u201cwritten messages\u201d to the Americans via mediator Pakistan, which were \u201cabout some of the red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz\u201d.<\/p>\n
But the messages were not part of any negotiations, Fars said.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump last week indefinitely extended the ceasefire that Washington and Tehran agreed to on April 7, which has largely halted the fighting that began with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n
But a permanent settlement remains elusive<\/a>, and the economic shockwaves of the war<\/a> continue to reverberate around the globe.<\/p>\n Iran has effectively blocked the vital Strait of Hormuz, cutting off vast quantities of oil, natural gas and fertiliser from the global market, and sending prices soaring. The US has imposed a blockade<\/a> of Iranian ports in response.<\/p>\n