Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi today met Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir in Islamabad. According to a video shared by the Iranian Embassy on social media, the meeting was attended by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei, and Ambassador Reza Amiri Moghadam. The embassy, in its caption on social media, stated that Araghchi called on Munir but did not disclose details of the discussions. The Pakistani side included Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and other officials.
Araghchi reached Islamabad yesterday for meetings with the Pakistani leadership. There is no confirmation yet on whether direct talks between Washington and Tehran will take place during the visit. The White House said that US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are heading to Pakistan for Iran talks today.
The first round of US-Iran talks held on April 11 and 12 failed to produce a breakthrough.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump extended the two-week ceasefire with Iran indefinitely to give Tehran more time to prepare a unified proposal to end the war, just hours before the truce was set to expire. The Iran war began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes.
