Pakistan army chief, Qatari negotiators head to Tehran as US-Iran deal inches closer
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir left for Iran on Friday for talks expected to focus on the US-Iran conflict and regional peace efforts, a security source said, as Islamabad intensified its diplomatic engagement aimed at ending months of tensions between Tehran and Washington.
The visit comes as Pakistan has assumed an increasingly active mediation role since the beginning of the war in late February following joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, with Islamabad maintaining close coordination with Tehran and Washington to prevent wider regional escalation.
Iran’s state news agency IRNA earlier cited a diplomatic source in Islamabad as saying Munir had departed for Tehran and was expected to meet senior Iranian officials during the visit.
“The field marshal is going to Iran,” a security source told Arab News Pakistan on condition of anonymity in a brief response to a query about the army chief’s visit.
