Pakistan ‘cautiously optimistic’ about US-Iran mediation: ISPR

Pakistan's military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, expressed that the country is “cautiously optimistic” regarding its role in mediating between Iran and the United States. This statement followed a high-level delegation's visit to Tehran earlier this week. Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's chief of army staff and chief mediator, has visited Tehran twice this month, most recently on Monday.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Munir's most recent trip included Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin. Middle East Eye reports that Munir is mediating efforts to de-escalate the US-Israel war on Iran, while the Jerusalem Post describes the effort as a mediation to de-escalate an eight-month-old Iran war.

Regarding the joint defense pact signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey on August 7, Chaudhry told Middle East Eye that the agreement's wording does not bar new members from joining. The pact stipulates that an attack on any signatory will be treated as an attack on all. Chaudhry declined to specify if the United States backed the recent diplomatic trip or what was discussed during the meetings.

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