Pakistan Interior Minister Naqvi heads to Iran again amid US-Iran Tensions
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ISLAMABAD/TEHRAN – Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is set to depart for Iran today in what appears to be a significant and high-stakes diplomatic mission amid intensified regional engagement between the two countries. Naqvi’s visit is part of ongoing mediation efforts aimed at easing tensions and strengthening bilateral coordination. He is carrying a special message from Field Marshal Asim Munir addressed to Iran’s Supreme Leader, while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has also entrusted him with a separate message for the Iranian leadership. This marks Mohsin Naqvi’s third visit to Tehran in recent weeks, highlighting an unusually rapid pace of high-level diplomatic exchanges between Islamabad and Tehran. Earlier, he had also traveled to Iran alongside Field Marshal Asim Munir. Interior Ministry confirmed that Naqvi has returned from Kyrgyzstan and will proceed to Tehran after holding meetings with the Prime Minister and senior officials in Islamabad. The visit follows recent engagements between Mohsin Naqvi and Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Interior Ministers’ meeting, where the two sides held two separate meetings. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei recently stated that both countries are in the final stages of preparing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at reducing tensions and paving the way for dispute resolution. The developments suggest an accelerating phase of quiet but intensive back-channel diplomacy between Pakistan and Iran. The trip comes after recent military exchanges, with the US and Iran both carrying out missile and drone-related actions in the Gulf region, while Gulf states reported intercepting missiles allegedly fired from Iran. Naqvi recently met Iranian officials during the SCO Interior Ministers’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan before returning briefly to Pakistan ahead of this visit. The situation has raised concerns about the stability of