🇮🇷🇵🇰 Pakistan’s powerful army chief travels to Tehran to pitch compromise deal to restart Iran-US talks Field Marshal Asim Munir visited Iran on Tuesday to discuss regional efforts to end the Iran-US war amid media reports that Pakistan and Qatar have floated a new mediation proposal to resume talks. The proposal reportedly involves the release of interest accrued on $6B in Iranian funds frozen in Qatari accounts, and the resumption of quiet IAEA inspections of Iranian nuclear sites. Sources told London-based, Qatari-owned outlet The New Arab that the proposal has received tentative US backing. 👉 Iran’s Fars News Agency reported Munir’s visit may have been linked to efforts to lower oil prices, and that previous negotiations aimed at addressing this issue proved fruitless. Munir’s trip and the reported Pakistani-Qatari “middle ground” proposal comes against the backdrop of a surge in regional diplomatic activity, including talks between Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Tehran on Monday. An IRGC spokesman warned Tuesday that the resumption of US attacks would be met with Iranian counterstrikes on regional infrastructure, including internet cables passing through Hormuz. Araghchi said Sunday that Iran’s ‘7-day diplomatic proposal’ to the US remains on the table, and would involve Iran reopening Hormuz in exchange for the US easing oil sanctions, ending its naval blockade, halting hostilities, and unfreezing frozen Iranian assets. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime