Tehran - Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi delivered a “special message” from the country’s top leadership to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Iranian media reported on Sunday, amid Islamabad’s diplomatic push to help end the US-Iran conflict.
Naqvi landed in Tehran on Saturday for talks with senior Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Speaking to reporters after arriving in Tehran, Naqvi said he travelled to Iran to deliver a letter from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir to Khamenei.
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The interior minister delivered the message during a meeting with Araghchi earlier today, with images published by Fars news agency showing him handing over a sealed brown envelope to the Iranian foreign minister.
The crucial communication comes amid heightened tension between Iran and the US, with recent tit-for-tat attacks threatening the fragile ceasefire, in place since April 8.
Islamabad has been acting as a key mediator between the US and Iran since hostilities erupted in the Middle East in late February.
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The Middle East conflict began after the US and Iran launched coordinated attacks on Iran on February 28. Tehran responded by launching attacks on Israel and US bases across the region, and also closed the Strait of Hormuz.
While hostilities have largely subsided since the April 8 ceasefire mediated by Pakistan, the US and Iran have exchanged strikes on several occasions, with each side accusing the other of violating the truce.