U.S.-Iran talks: Pakistan's Interior Minister travels to Tehran for second time within a week

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi travelled to Tehran connected Wednesday (May 20, 2026) for the 2nd clip wrong a week for meetings with elder Iranian officials, amid Islamabad's efforts aimed astatine reviving the stalled Iran-U.S. bid talks to extremity the warfare successful West Asia.

Mr. Naqvi has departed for Tehran to sermon the U.S.-Iran bid talks with Iranian leaders, Geo News reported, citing sources.

"His departure comes arsenic Islamabad continues to pb mediation efforts betwixt Washington and Tehran," it reported.

Iranian authoritative media has besides reported the sojourn of Mr. Naqvi to Tehran.

“Pakistan Interior Minister arrives successful superior Tehran amid Islamabad efforts to mediate talks betwixt Iran, U.S.,” Iran’s state-run Press TV said successful a station connected societal media.

Separately, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) besides reported, citing informed diplomatic sources successful Islamabad, that Mr. Naqvi departed for Tehran to clasp talks with officials of Iran.

There was nary absorption from the Pakistan side, which often maintains soundlessness connected diplomatic outreach to mediate betwixt the U.S. and Iran.

Mr. Naqvi's reported sojourn is the 2nd by him to Iran successful little than a week and comes amidst mixed signals from Tehran and Washington.

During his past visit, Mr. Naqvi met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni implicit the weekend.

The latest sojourn came arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026) offered a deadline of respective days for resuming strikes if a woody is not agreed. He had said a time earlier that Gulf Arab leaders asked him to clasp disconnected connected an onslaught astatine the 11th hour.

On the different hand, Mr. Araghchi warned that a "return to warfare volition diagnostic galore much surprises".

Separately, the Revolutionary Guards issued a informing that immoderate further onslaught connected Iran volition "lead to a struggle that extends acold beyond the borders of West Asia." Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President JD Vance has talked astir advancement successful talks with Iran. "We're successful a beauteous bully spot here," Mr. Vance told a White House property briefing.

Mr. Naqvi’s sojourn to Tehran is significant, fixed his closeness to Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir.

Mr. Naqvi was portion of a delegation led by Mr. Munir that visited Tehran past period erstwhile Iran-U.S. negotiations were a large absorption of the trip.