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Pakistan Sends Interior Minister to Tehran to Deliver High‑Level Messages to Iran's Leadership

Islamabad says the letters are meant to create space for renewed USIran talks and to prevent the collapse of a fragile ceasefire.

Overview

  • Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi consulted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Pakistan before traveling to Tehran and arrived there on June 6–7 to carry official communications from Islamabad.
  • Pakistani and Iranian sources say Naqvi delivered a 'special letter' from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and a separate message from Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir to Iran’s leadership and met senior officials including Abbas Araghchi and Eskandar Momeni.
  • Islamabad frames the mission as part of an intensified shuttle diplomacy push to revive stalled USIran negotiations after direct talks in April failed to produce a deal.
  • The April ceasefire Pakistan helped broker remains in place but fragile, with recent missile and drone incidents in the Gulf testing the truce and limiting immediate prospects for a breakthrough.
  • Naqvi also discussed bilateral issues such as border security, counterterrorism and trade cooperation, with Iranian officials noting a goal to raise annual trade from about $3 billion toward $10 billion, and Pakistan will brief its leadership on next steps.