Iran's foreign minister heads to Pakistan for talks

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Iran has a chance to "make a good, wise deal", adding that the US naval blockade of Iranian ports "is growing and going global". Iran has confirmed that the country's foreign minister will head to Pakistan tonight for talks. We speak to our Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet who has been reporting this week from Tehran.

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Presenter: James Reynolds

(Photo: Iranian Foreign Minster Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, 17 February, 2026. Credit: Pierre Albou/Reuters)