Iran’s Araghchi holds phone call with Ukrainian counterpart

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Al Jazeera reports that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s office says he held a phone conversation with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, but a statement posted on Araghchi’s official Telegram channel has not revealed what both sides discussed.

Both countries have been at odds since Iran sold drones to Russia in 2022, but tensions rose sharply over the weekend after Ukraine struck an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea. Iran said the strike killed one sailor and injured another.

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