Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi is expected to visit Pakistan on Friday, according to sources cited by Ria (russian press)

Visits of this kind sit in the well-worn pattern of Tehran working its regional channels during periods of friction with Washington, using Pakistan, a border neighbour with an established military-to-military relationship, as both interlocutor and occasional conduit. The scheduling is the tell: meeting the Army Chief, Prime Minister, and Deputy Foreign Minister in a single trip signals the substance runs through security channels as much as diplomatic ones, and Pakistan's Army Chief has historically been the decisive counterpart rather than the civilian government. Visits of this type tend to be preparatory, preceding either de-escalatory contact via intermediaries or coordination ahead of a flare-up, and on their own have rarely moved crude or gold beyond the session's noise; the re-pricing has come from the communiques and follow-on meetings, not the itinerary. Worth noting is the sourcing through Russian state press, which has its own editorial interests in how Iranian diplomacy is framed. The follow-ons that matter are any joint statement language on mediation or transit, and whether the visit is paired with movement on the nuclear file or sanctions channels, which is where the transmission into WTI and the haven bid has historically run.