❗️Pakistan ‘cautiously optimistic’ about mediation efforts between Iran & US Pakistan’s military is “cautiously optimistic” about its efforts to mediate between Iran and the US, its spokesman told Reuters on Friday, in his first interview since a senior delegation traveled to Tehran earlier this week. Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s lead mediator in efforts to end the US-Israeli war on Iran, has visited Tehran twice this month. His latest trip took place on Monday, accompanied by Saudi and Turkish officials. “Why would the Field Marshal be going twice if it is not for some positivity? So yes, of course,” spokesman Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said when asked whether the visits indicated positive progress. “The word that we would use is always cautiously optimistic,” added Chaudhry, director general of Inter-Services Public Relations. However, he warned that there were still "powerful spoilers and detractors" who believed the war served their interests, without identifying them. Speaking in Rawalpindi, the garrison city that houses Pakistan’s armed forces headquarters, Chaudhry declined to disclose the details of the discussions or confirm whether Washington had endorsed the visit. Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin accompanied Munir during Monday’s visit to Tehran.