Araghchi: Iran’s Foreign Ministry acted as ‘foreign ministry of Resistance Front’

Addressing lawmakers during a parliamentary session on the first-year review of the Seventh Development Plan on Monday, Araghchi said several of his regional trips – including visits to Damascus and Beirut at the height of regional conflicts – as well as meetings, phone calls, and correspondence with counterparts and international organization chiefs, were all aimed at backing Iran’s allies and advancing shared objectives across the region.  

He said Tehran had pushed for greater use of regional and international organizations such as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Non-Aligned Movement, BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. “At our request, three emergency OIC meetings were held to discuss developments in Palestine, Lebanon, and Iran – an unprecedented frequency in such a short time,” Araghchi noted.

Araghchi also highlighted the ministry’s active engagement in defending Iran’s sovereignty, countering unilateral sanctions, and strengthening a multipolar international order.

He said Iranian diplomacy had played a leading role in mobilizing global condemnation of the US and Israeli acts of aggression, winning support from more than 120 countries.

The minister added that these efforts complemented Iran’s good-neighborliness policy and its expanding strategic relations with Russia and China.