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Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) to pass on. Pakistan’s role switched in recent days to a lower-profile but urgent task of running a backchannel, after momentum behind direct talks stalled. Islamabad believes the peace
Iran to enter into peace negotiations. Zamir Akram, a former Pakistani ambassador, said Pakistan’s embassy in Washington had represented Iranian interests there since the 1979 revolution, while Pakistan had set up secret talks
role in mediating talks aimed at ending the US-Israel war on Iran. Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, who has been at the centre of mediating talks between Washington and Tehran, is accompanying Sharif
talks Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, [arrived in Tehran on Friday](/news/liveblog/2026/5/23/iran-war-live-tehran-says-diplomacy-continues-but-no-deal-yet-with-us) as diplomatic efforts to broker a peace agreement between Iran and the United States intensified. Pakistani officials are reportedly
role in brokering the ceasefire while Pakistan nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize as a result. “PM Modi told President Trump clearly that during this period, there was no talk at any stage
Iran, welcomed the Israel-Lebanon truce on Friday and expressed “hope that it will pave the way for sustainable peace”. He also praised the mediation [role of US President Donald Trump](/news/2026/4/16/trump-says-israel-and-lebanon-agree-to-temporary-ceasefire), who has invited
talks in Pakistan and nowhere else, because we trust Pakistan,” he said. Muhammad Faisal, a Pakistani security analyst and scholar at the University of Technology Sydney, said the parallel outreach reflected a deliberate division
Iran’s ISNA news agency. Al Jazeera’s Tehran correspondent Resul Serdar Atas [said](https://aje.news/osen4f?update=4595254) “the visit of [Field Marshal] Asim Munir, Pakistan’s chief of the army, to Tehran is itself
talks in [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) scheduled for Saturday. Pezeshkian vowed Iran would not abandon the Lebanese people. According to Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatibzadeh, [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) had been held back
role was played by China. They became a guarantor of the ceasefire and pledged that the US would standby the agreement and that talks would go smoothly in Islamabad. They told Iran to accept this
Pakistan, Iran has in recent weeks sought multistage negotiations, with a preliminary deal aimed at ending the war, and negotiations on the White House’s demands that Tehran end its nuclear programme pushed for later
talks in Islamabad between senior US and Iranian officials on April 11. Pakistan said both Iranian and US aircraft used the base. “The Iranian aircraft currently parked in Pakistan arrived during the ceasefire period
role in attempting to mediate an end to the war between the US and Iran. On April 8, the US and Iran announced a Pakistan-mediated [two-week ceasefire](/features/2026/4/8/how-pakistan-managed-to-get-the-us-and-iran-to-a-ceasefire). That came about following hectic
Iran and carried out its own airstrikes](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/12/uae-secret-attack-iran-risks-gulf-states-regional-conflict), swung behind the peace deal alongside Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain, Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt. The regional consensus-building process appeared to repair some
peace and protect the fragile ceasefire had continued behind the scenes. Khatibzadeh claimed that Pakistan had intervened to stop Iran retaliating against the strikes on Lebanon. Ahead of the first round of discussions in Islamabad
Pakistan-mediated ceasefire in place since April 8, and amid optimism of a deal to end the war that has triggered an energy crisis across the world. On Monday, Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Pakistan today if Iran agrees to further talks on ending the conflict. Tehran has given mixed signals about whether they will attend and, at time of writing, it remainds unclear. Meanwhile, time is ticking away
peace cannot be built with the language of humiliation, threat, and forced concession-taking,” he wrote on X. Iran’s demands, he said, represented “not maximum demands” but “the minimum requirements for any serious, sustainable
talks. On Thursday, Ali Fayyad, a Hezbollah politician, [told](/news/liveblog/2026/4/16/iran-war-live-pakistan-in-push-for-new-round-of-us-iran-peace-negotiations) Al Jazeera Arabic that the group will approach the newly announced ceasefire with “caution and vigilance” and any targeting of Lebanese sites by Israeli forces
peace and stability, and other “important issues”. ## Mediation efforts Islamabad has intensified its mediation process to secure a second round of direct talks between the two sides. “The current process and the presence of senior