Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Tuesday evening, according to reports by N12's Asaf Rozentzweig. The meeting comes amid ongoing Pakistani mediation efforts between the US and Iran.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Tuesday evening, according to a report by N12 journalist Asaf Rozentzweig. The meeting came after Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan on a state visit earlier Tuesday, with his aircraft escorted by Pakistani Air Force fighter jets upon entering the country's airspace, as The Zioneer reported at 13:30 Jerusalem.
This development follows a sequence of intensifying diplomatic activity. At 13:30 Jerusalem on Tuesday, The Zioneer reported that Pakistan's government had confirmed the visit was tied to ongoing US-Iran mediation efforts, with Pezeshkian taking the lead over Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Araghchi. Earlier on Monday, at 13:30 Jerusalem, a report from Al Arabiya first indicated the expected visit, which Pakistan's government then officially confirmed. The confirmation came a day after The Zioneer reported at 22:13 Jerusalem that Sharif is set to visit Iran next week to meet Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, signaling intensifying regional diplomacy.
As The Zioneer reported on Saturday (21:45 Jerusalem), Pezeshkian thanked Pakistan for what he called its "responsible and brotherly diplomatic efforts" in the ceasefire deal. The broader framework involves Pakistani mediation in US-Iran negotiations, which led to the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding signed in June 2026, as The Zioneer has previously reported.
The content of the Pezeshkian-Sharif talks has not been disclosed.
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