Pakistan army chief Asim Munir due in Tehran on Tuesday amid high US-Iran tensions

Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is due to visit Tehran on Tuesday for talks with Iranian officials, Reuters reported on Monday, citing a Pakistani official and Iranian media. Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency also reported that Munir is expected in the Iranian capital on Tuesday, with tensions between Washington and Tehran remaining high.

There was no official confirmation of the visit from Pakistan’s military media wing, the ISPR, at the time of reporting, so the trip is being reported as anticipated rather than confirmed by Islamabad.

The visit comes amid a wider diplomatic push. According to Iran’s ISNA news agency, Pakistan remains the primary mediator between Iran and the United States, with messages exchanged through Pakistani officials and subsequently through Qatar — a role Pakistan has held alongside Doha since the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.

It also follows closely on the heels of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Tehran on Monday, where he met Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and was received by President Masoud Pezeshkian. Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow’s readiness to help resolve the situation surrounding Iran, while Pezeshkian said US intervention and military deployments were major sources of regional tension and that Tehran welcomed regional initiatives on peace, security and development. Lavrov added that Russia had no intention of abandoning its economic and investment agreements with Iran and that its experts were gradually returning to the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

Two of Tehran’s key partners arriving within 24 hours of each other underlines the intensifying diplomatic activity around the conflict.