President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the conflict with Iran is “very close to over.” A high-ranking Pakistani delegation led by Field Marshal Asim Munir arrived in Tehran on the same day, bringing Washington’s latest ceasefire proposals.
Munir reportedly received a warm welcome in Tehran, then headed for Washington on Thursday with Iran’s reply. He was accompanied by Pakistan’s interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, and possibly by high-ranking Pakistani intelligence officers, although Islamabad did not name anyone other than Naqvi in his entourage.
The powerful Pakistani military chief, only the second officer to hold the title of “field marshal” in Pakistan’s history, has been working behind the scenes to facilitate diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran, leaving Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar to build support from Gulf Arab nations.
Sharif was in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday and Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, while Dar
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