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[1\/2]Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf meets with chief of Defence Forces of Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2026. Iranian Parliament Speaker… Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab<\/a> Read more<\/p>\n ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (Reuters) – Pakistan and Iran made “significant progress” in talks that focused on the U.S.-Israeli war \u200bon Iran and a path to peace, \u200cPakistan’s interior minister said on Tuesday, at the end of a visit to Tehran.<\/p>\n Talks between the two sides \u200bfocused on measures to prevent further escalation, \u200breopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an \u2060expedited termination of the conflict, a statement \u200bfrom the Pakistani military said about the meeting between \u200bthe country’s army chief, Asim Munir, and the Iranian leadership.<\/p>\n Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n The two sides also exchanged views on regional peace and \u200bthe way to arrive at a negotiated settlement \u200bto the dispute, the statement said.<\/p>\n “The Iranian President candidly shared \u200chis \u2060government’s perspective and we had a very constructive exchange on the issues involved,” Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who accompanied Munir to Tehran, said in \u200ba post on \u200bX.<\/p>\n Munir spoke with \u2060U.S. President<\/a> Donald Trump ahead of his Tehran visit, Reuters reported on \u200bMonday.Trump last week warned of economic consequences<\/a> against \u200bany \u2060country that provided “any type of lifeline to Iran” as he seeks to isolate the country. Iran \u2060in turn \u200bvowed to shut down all \u200boil exports from the Gulf.<\/p>\n Reporting by Rick Noack, Writing by \u200bHritam Mukherjee and Shilpa Jamkhandikar; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n