Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran to discuss issues of mutual interest and strengthen cooperation between the two neighbouring countries, Iranian media reported.
The meeting focused on enhancing bilateral ties and expanding collaboration across key areas of shared concern.
According to Iran’s state news agency IRNA, Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday, carrying what an informed source described as an important message from Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei.
Iran’s Press TV reported that Naqvi was received by his counterpart, Eskandar Momeni.
According to the source, the interior minister has been entrusted with delivering a message from Field Marshal Asim Munir to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, during his visit to Tehran.
The source further said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif provided Naqvi with special instructions concerning ongoing discussions related to Iran-US talks, highlighting Islamabad’s close attention to developments affecting regional stability and diplomacy.
Naqvi’s visit is being closely watched in diplomatic circles as Pakistan and Iran continue to engage on a range of bilateral and regional issues, including security cooperation and broader geopolitical developments in the region.
Meanwhile; President Donald Trump said the US will work with Iran to retrieve and destroy its highly enriched uranium if he is able to cut a deal with Tehran to end the three-month-old war between the countries – or, in the absence of an agreement, that he will further degrade the Iranian military to the point that American forces can safely collect the material on their own.
“If we make a deal that now we’re friendly, we’ll all go together. It’ll be our equipment. We’ll take it out and destroy it, whether it’s on-site or whether we take it off-site,” Trump said in an interview with NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”
“And we will go with them, or without them. But we won’t have people shooting at us, OK?” Trump said. “Now, if we don’t make a deal, then we’re going to take them out militarily very harshly. And we’ll wait till we do that before we go, in which case we’ll have safety either way.”
The United States said it shot down a pair of Iranian drones threatening the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation of violence as the war reached its 100th day on Sunday with no end in sight.
Iran’s foreign ministry denounced the latest US strikes as “flagrant” violations while condemning Washington’s “hostile and provocative behaviour”.