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Pakistan Urged to Keep Mediation Open as Iran Calls for Help to Hold Ceasefire

Sustained Pakistani diplomacy could preserve a fragile IranUS ceasefire by preventing escalation from Lebanon.

Overview

  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged Pakistan to continue using its 'good offices' to help de‑escalate tensions and support maintenance of the ceasefire, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Office.
  • Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar held telephone talks with Araghchi in which both sides agreed to stay in close contact and continue consultations on regional security.
  • Kuwait’s foreign minister praised Pakistan’s mediatory role and called Islamabad’s contribution constructive in efforts to facilitate engagement between the United States and Iran.
  • Regional reporting says Iran is reviewing a U.S. proposal to halt the war, but those reports remain unconfirmed and indirect talks have not yet produced a clear agreement.
  • The ceasefire remains fragile because of alleged Israeli violations in Lebanon and disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, a dynamic that risks local incidents triggering wider escalation following the initial strikes in late February.