❗️Araghchi holds calls with 12 foreign ministers over past 48 hours Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced today that he held intensive telephone consultations with 12 foreign ministers across West Asia and neighboring regions over the past 48 hours to push for localized security frameworks and an immediate halt to external aggression. In a statement on Instagram, Araghchi detailed consultations with counterparts from Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Cyprus, Turkiye, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Iraq, and Pakistan. During the discussions, Tehran’s top diplomat reiterated Iran’s fundamental principles for regional stability, emphasizing the absolute necessity of respecting national sovereignty, halting military threats, ending destructive foreign interventions, and preventing the further spread of insecurity caused by US and Israeli actions. Araghchi stressed Tehran’s legitimate right to defend its territorial integrity and national security, while advocating for the establishment of independent regional security mechanisms managed exclusively by regional states without the destabilizing interference of transregional powers.