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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi conducted a round of urgent diplomatic calls on Sunday with his Turkish and British counterparts and Pakistan's army chief, following Iran's ballistic missile strikes on Israel in response to an Israeli airstrike on Beirut.
Araghchi spoke separately with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, and Pakistani Army Commander Field Marshal Asim Munir, according to Iran's Mehr News Agency.
In each conversation, the discussions centered on the latest regional developments following what Tehran described as repeated Israeli violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
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The diplomatic flurry followed an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Dahiyeh district carried out despite an existing ceasefire. Iranian officials condemned the attack and said Tehran would respond.
The Iranian military subsequently announced it had targeted Israel's Ramat David Air Base with ballistic missiles, describing the facility as a primary hub for Israeli operations against Lebanon. Iran then closed its western airspace, and Iraq shut its own airspace for 72 hours in the wake of the launches.
During his call with Fidan, Araghchi also discussed the current state of negotiations between Iran and the United States, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources. The two ministers reviewed the day's events and exchanged views on where those talks stand, with Türkiye maintaining its role as an active diplomatic interlocutor between Tehran and Western capitals throughout the prolonged crisis.
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