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Issued on: 26/04/2026 - 07:13

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on April 25, 2026 Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on April 25, 2026. © Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to return to Pakistan on Sunday for more peace negotiations, state media reported, having just left Islamabad the previous day. US envoys did not arrive in Islamabad as expected on Saturday after Iran said it would not participate in direct negotiations with the US. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.

Yesterday's key developments:

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on Saturday evening, after talks with Pakistani leaders on what he called Iran's red lines for negotiations with the US.

  • President Donald Trump said he told US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan for planned negotiations – that Tehran never confirmed it would attend – Iran, telling Fox News that ″they can call us anytime they want”. 

  • Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes in the country's south killed six people, despite a ceasefire that was extended this week in the war between Israel and militant group Hezbollah.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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