Iran25 August, 20263 min read
Asim Munir Meets Pezeshkian and Ghalibaf to Revive US-Iran Talks in Tehran
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Pakistani army chief Asim Munir met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf. Discussed reviving stalled US-Iran talks and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Munir seeks a return
Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir spent Monday moving through the power corridors of Tehran, meeting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as he tried to revive stalled US-Iran talks. Al Jazeera reported that Munir’s “true test as mediator” would be whether he could convince Iranian military leaders “in olive uniforms” to agree to a return to talks with Washington. The visit came as US President Donald Trump threatened “economic D-Day” sanctions against Iran, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled “Operation Economic Outcast” targeting Iran’s digital assets, gold, aviation, technology and shipping networks.
Al Jazeera also said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth kept the option of renewed strikes open, adding, “If we need to use kinetic strikes, we’ll use them.” Anadolu Ajansı said Munir was discussing “new” proposals in Tehran focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and reviving long-stalled direct talks, after a 60-day deadline under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding expired last week.
Parliament, Oman, and threats
While Munir pressed for renewed diplomacy, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi briefed Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and understandings reached with the Sultanate of Oman. Al-Manar TV Lebanon quoted Araghchi’s committee update through Ibrahim Azizi, who said the issues raised could provide “an important basis for lawmakers currently examining the draft” “Strategic Measure to Ensure the Security and Advancement of the Strait of Hormuz.” Anadolu Ajansı reported that Munir opened his trip with a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, and that the new proposals also aimed at reviving direct talks between Washington and Tehran.
Al Jazeera described a sharp divide inside Iran’s leadership, quoting Major-General Ali Abdollahi’s promise of “revolutionary, crushing, regret-inducing and devastating” responses to any American miscalculation. In parallel, Al-Manar TV Lebanon said Araghchi told lawmakers that the Foreign Ministry and the committee maintain “strong relations and effective coordination,” and that Tehran hopes the measures will safeguard Iran’s interests in the strait.
Sanctions and Hormuz stakes
As mediation efforts unfolded, multiple outlets tied the immediate stakes to economic pressure and the Strait of Hormuz, with Qatar and Pakistan presenting themselves as conduits between Tehran and Washington. TRT World quoted Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al Ansari describing the new US sanctions as “unilateral,” while stressing Doha’s priority to restore “normal navigation through the strategic waterway” and return the situation in the strait to what it was before the conflict. Al Jazeera said the region and the world were bracing for Trump’s threatened “economic D-Day” sanctions, and that Bessent’s Operation Economic Outcast targeted Iran’s digital assets, gold, aviation, technology and shipping networks.
Anadolu Ajansı added that Washington and Tehran had “tacitly” agreed not to launch new hostilities despite the expiry of a 60-day deadline, even as both sides publicly denied any extension. The same Al Jazeera report said Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told a gathering of doctors in Tehran, “It is better that we bring the war to an end now as we are in a position of power and dignity,” while the military establishment signaled readiness for escalation.