Pakistan, Nov. 3 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran was engaged in intensive diplomatic contacts through Qatari and Pakistani mediators, involving dozens of telephone calls and "intensive shuttle diplomacy".

Speaking to Iran's state news IRNA at the conclusion of a visit to Turkmenistan, Araghchi said Tehran had presented a clear plan and conditions for a diplomatic resolution, leaving the next step to Washington.

"We have announced our specific conditions and presented our formulated plan; now everything depends on how much political rationality prevails on the American side and whether there is a will to take the wise path of diplomacy or, as in previous instances, to drag the situation toward aggres...