Middle East crisis live: Hopes rise for renewed US-Iran talks as Tehran’s foreign minister reported to be heading to Pakistan

Iranian state media says Abbas Araqchi due to begin a trip today that includes visiting Islamabad, Muscat and Moscow

The EU’s foreign chief has said that talks with Iran should include nuclear experts otherwise “we will end up with a more dangerous Iran.”

Speaking on Friday ahead of an informal summit of EU leaders in Cyprus, EU’s foreign chief Kaja Kallas said: “If the talks are only about the nuclear and there are no nuclear experts around the table, then we will end up with an agreement that is weaker than the JCPOA was.”