Pakistan's army chief in Tehran as Rubio signals peace talks progress

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23/05/2026 - 8:18 GMT+2

Pakistan's army chief has arrived in Tehran for further peace talks to end the US-Israeli war in Iran, hours after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio signalled "slight progress" was being made.

Field Marshal Asim Munir was welcomed by Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni and his Pakistani counterpart Mohsin Naqvi, who had been in Tehran on two separate visits in the past week, meeting with the Iranian president and foreign minister.

However, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said the visit did not mean "we have reached a turning point or a decisive situation" with "deep and extensive" disagreements remaining, according to Iran's ISNA news agency.