ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir will visit Tehran on Monday for talks with Iranian leadership, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Sunday, as Islamabad intensifies diplomatic efforts to promote peace and stability in the region.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei told reporters that Field Marshal Munir will travel to Tehran on Monday, heading a high-level delegation for talks with Iranian leadership.
Baghaei said the visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation between Iran and Pakistan, as well as continuing Pakistan’s efforts to help promote peace and security in the region.
“Field Marshal Munir’s visit is taking place in line with Pakistan’s ongoing good offices to contribute to the reinforcement of peace and stability in the region,” Iran’s state-run IRNA News agency quoted Baghaei as telling reporters on Sunday.
Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir will travel to Tehran on Monday at the head of an official delegation, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei has announced.https://t.co/94iGMqOIVL pic.twitter.com/AIdTe4gCM0
— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) August 23, 2026
The talks are expected to focus on efforts to advance the peace framework under the Islamabad memorandum of understanding brokered by Pakistan.
The visit follows a telephone conversation on Saturday between Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Field Marshal Asim Munir, during which they discussed regional developments and ways to strengthen peace, stability and security in the Middle East, according to Iranian media.
Foreign Minister @araghchi and Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir discussed regional developments and effective ways to strengthen peace, stability and security in West Asia.#Iran #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/c6G4l5aqow
— Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (@Iran_GOV) August 22, 2026
Pakistan’s mediation efforts
Pakistan has been engaged with the leaderships of the US and Iran in efforts to broker peace between the two countries since their conflict broke out in February this year.
As a key mediator between the US and Iran, Pakistan brokered the Islamabad memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington in June, aimed at ending hostilities and paving the way for further negotiations.
After nearly six months of war since the US and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on February 28, the sides are not firing at each other but also showing no sign of pursuing peace talks.
Oil shipments are at a virtual standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran threatening to strike any unauthorised oil tankers that try to transit the vital waterway, and Iran’s economy is already under immense pressure from sanctions.
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The two sides signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on June 18 that set a 60-day period, extendable by mutual consent, within which Iran and the US were expected to reach a final deal limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme and lifting US sanctions.
Islamabad has repeatedly called for diplomacy to resolve the conflict and said last week it was making “all-out efforts” through direct and indirect channels to bring Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table.
Islamabad MoU framework for US-Iran talks
The US and Iran signed the Pakistan-brokered Islamabad MoU in June to halt fighting and start technical-level negotiations for a comprehensive agreement between Washington and Tehran.
Under the Islamabad MoU, the US and Iran committed to halt military operations, reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping and negotiate a comprehensive agreement covering Iran’s nuclear programme, US sanctions and a permanent ceasefire within 60 days.
Pakistan is mediating talks between Iran and the United States after helping secure a ceasefire on April 8 and hosting high-level talks between the two sides in Islamabad on April 12 and 13.
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Pakistan and Qatar are mediating between Tehran and Washington under the framework of the Islamabad MoU to permanently end the conflict.
Pakistan and Qatar later co-mediated the first round of high-level talks in Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21. The meeting was attended by US Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Following the meeting, Pakistan and Qatar said significant progress had been made in diplomatic efforts between Washington and Tehran.
The 60-day negotiating window created by the Islamabad MoU between the US and Iran expired on August 17 with no final peace agreement.
The text of the June agreement, however, gives Washington and Tehran up to 60 days to negotiate and reach a final deal, with an extension possible by mutual consent.
The US position has been considerably tougher. President Donald Trump declared the agreement over on July 7 after renewed fighting.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio subsequently said an MoU could not remain alive if Iran was violating its provisions, particularly those concerning shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. At the same time, Rubio said Washington remained open to genuine diplomacy.
The dispute over Hormuz is now at the heart of the crisis. Iran says the waterway will remain closed until Washington lifts sanctions, unfreezes Iranian assets and withdraws its forces.
Tehran also wants compensation for wartime damage. Washington, by contrast, insists on unrestricted shipping and has pursued economic and military pressure to force Iran to reopen the strait. Or it insists that the US would continue a complete blockade of Iran.
