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Iran’s president discusses mediation efforts in meeting with Pakistan’s army chief
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In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, meets Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Gen. Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian discusses mediation efforts and regional developments during a meeting with Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran, Iran’s Nournews reports.
Pakistan is a key mediator between the US and Iran. Its earlier mediation efforts with both parties resulted in an interim peace agreement signed in June. But the Islamabad Memorandum quickly faltered, amid new fighting between Iran and the US weeks after.
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