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Naqvi meets Iranian leaders to revive US-Iran mediation efforts
Pakistan is a country that is friends with both the United States and Iran, and it helped the two countries agree to start talking.
That peace plan came from a paper both countries signed in June, and Pakistan promised to help make it work.
But the plan broke, and the two countries started fighting again last month.
Because of this, a very important waterway called the Strait of Hormuz has been closed to ships, which worries countries around the world because much of the world's energy travels through it.
A leader from Pakistan, Mohsin Naqvi, flew to Iran to talk with the country's top leaders.
He told them Pakistan wants the peace talks to start again.
Iran's leaders said they will open the waterway only if the United States first fixes the things Iran says were done wrong.
Another country, Oman, is now helping with the waterway problem, and Iran says that help is just a first step.
Pakistan hopes the two countries can talk again soon.
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran to follow up on the stalled US-Iran peace process.
Naqvi, received at the airport by Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, described the ties with Tehran as "strong, long-standing and unbreakable."
The interim agreement - a June memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran with Pakistan as guarantor - derailed last month after military strikes resumed in West Asia.
Oman has taken the lead on the key sticking point, the Strait of Hormuz, which remains blocked; Iran says it is close to a separate deal with Oman to manage the waterway.
Iran says the strait will reopen only after the US redresses alleged violations of the MoU, while Pakistan has invited Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Bagher Ghalibaf to visit Islamabad.
- Who
- Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who met Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
- What
- Follow-up talks on the stalled US-Iran memorandum of understanding and efforts to revive Pakistan's mediation to end the US-Iran conflict.
- Where
- Tehran, Iran.
- When
- Mid-August 2026; Naqvi departed for Tehran early Tuesday per an August 12 report.
- Why
- The June US-Iran agreement collapsed after military strikes resumed, and Pakistan is pushing to revive its 60-day talks window and keep the mediation channel active while the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked.
Key facts
- Pakistani envoy
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi
- Iranian officials met
- President Masoud Pezeshkian; Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
- June agreement
- US-Iran memorandum of understanding opening a 60-day window for high-level talks
- Pakistan's role
- Guarantor of the interim agreement; pushing to revive mediation
- Key sticking point
- Strait of Hormuz, vital for global energy supplies, currently blocked
- Oman's role
- Leading mediation on the strait; Iran close to a separate deal with Oman
- Iran's condition
- Strait reopens only after US redresses alleged MoU violations
- Pending invitation
- Pakistan invited Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Bagher Ghalibaf to Islamabad
Quotes
Pak Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi
Pakistan’s interior minister
“Naqvi described the relationship between the neighbours as “strong, long‑standing and unbreakable” and conveyed Islamabad’s “serious determination and will” to pursue the comprehensive development of ties with Tehran, the source said.”
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