Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says 2025 will be “a golden year” for strengthening ties between Tehran and Beijing, highlighting upcoming high-level visits and summits that promise to deepen bilateral cooperation across multiple fields.

Expert-level and political negotiations between Iran and the United States are set to take place simultaneously next Saturday in Muscat, Oman. This will be the first technical and the third political round of talks between the two sides. Sanctions relief is expected to be a central topic during the expert-level discussions.