Pakistan defense chief en route to Iran as reported peace framework circulates

WASHINGTON — Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir is headed to Tehran on Friday in the most significant indicator so far this week that the US and Iran may be closing in on a peace agreement — as Saudi Arabian state media claim to have obtained the framework of a deal.

Munir, the chief of Pakistan’s armed forces, has forged a bond with President Trump, who regularly praises his work in mediating the US-Iran negotiations.

The purported draft agreement between the US and Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume peace talks within a week — but makes no mention of Tehran’s nuclear program, the longstanding sticking point between the two adversaries.