Iranian foreign minister Araghchi met Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Saturday in Baghdad during an OIC meeting to discuss developments in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and wider regional tensions. They discussed bilateral ties and the si

2026-10-18

Iranian foreign minister Araghchi met Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan on Saturday in Baghdad during an OIC meeting to discuss developments in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and wider regional tensions. They discussed bilateral ties and the situations in Gaza and Yemen, both emphasized the importance of diplomatic de-escalation; Araghchi briefed Fidan on recent Persian Gulf/Hormuz developments and related diplomatic moves and urged OIC members to act to stop what he called Israeli genocide and to jointly address Islamophobia.