Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, who has been a key mediator between Iran and the U.S., departed Friday for a visit to Tehran, security sources told CBS News.
Military officials said Munir was expected to hold meetings with senior Iranian officials to discuss key regional and international issues, including the ongoing, indirect Iran-U.S. negotiations Pakistan has helped to broker.
Pakistan’s efforts toward a diplomatic resolution to the war launched jointly by the U.S. and Israel against Iran on Feb. 28 have ramped up this week, with the Trump administration currently awaiting a reply from Tehran to its latest proposal for a peace deal.
Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has held meetings already this week in Tehran with senior leadership.
