Pakistan’s field marshal leads high-stakes push to salvage US-Iran talks

Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir has emerged as a unlikely mediator in revived US-Iran peace talks, spending days in Tehran and engaging with Iran’s leadership and security establishment while staying in touch with the White House. He combines military credibility with personal ties to Trump and seeks a whole-of-system approach to bridge deep distrust, but Tehran’s reservations, Trump’s naval blockade demands, and Iran’s red lines on enrichment complicate progress, leaving Islamabad’s neutrality and influence under scrutiny.