Overview
- President Donald Trump publicly thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir for helping ease tensions between Washington and Tehran.
- Pakistan first brokered a two-week ceasefire and then hosted 21 hours of direct US–Iran talks in Islamabad, the first face-to-face contact in decades.
- The US team included Vice President JD Vance, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and Jared Kushner, signaling White House backing for the channel.
- After the Islamabad talks, Munir visited Tehran, and Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial shipping for the ceasefire period, restoring a route that carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil.
- Fox News profiles credit Munir with long-running ties to Iran’s security establishment and note critics’ warnings that the military’s rising role could sideline Pakistan’s civilian leadership.