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peace As [Pakistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/pakistan) works frantically to narrow differences between Iran and the US in its newfound role as global peacemaker, it is also seeking to recast its diplomatic standing and attract business
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 process can still make progress without
US 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
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
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 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
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
US-Iranian 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
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
US and Israel have since insisted that is a separate issue. Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, has said that any peace negotiations would be “meaningless” if they took place as bombs continued to fall
peace talks. “What we are seeing is a multifront diplomatic effort, moving on several tracks,” Atas said, while cautioning that a breakthrough may not be imminent. “Munir’s arrival in Tehran does not mean
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
US on Tuesday of seeking capitulation rather than peace. “True peace cannot be built with the language of humiliation, threat, and forced concession-taking,” he wrote on X. Iran’s demands, he said, represented
US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire on April 8, but a lasting peace has yet to take hold, with negotiations and de-escalation efforts still under way. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been
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
US State Department on Thursday, under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, Israel will “preserve its right to take all necessary measures in self-defence”, while not carrying out “any offensive military operations”. The statement
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