Some progress

PAKISTAN’S mediation efforts in the Iran-US crisis appear to be entering their most consequential phase yet. The statement by ISPR following Field Marshal Asim Munir’s visit to Tehran spoke of “encouraging progress towards a final understanding” after intensive negotiations with Iran’s senior leadership. That language matters because developments over the past 24 hours suggest the talks have moved beyond broad appeals for restraint into detailed bargaining over the terms of a possible interim...

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