Iran’s Pezeshkian meets Pakistan’s Naqvi in Tehran as tensions with US rise

Pakistani interior minister’s trip to Tehran is his sixth and comes as Islamabad, Doha seek to revive diplomacy with US.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, Iran, August 11, 2026 [Iran's Presidential website/West Asia News Agency via Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 22 Sep 2026 22 Sep 2026 Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has held talks with Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran, as Pakistan and Qatar seek to revive diplomacy amid fears that regional tensions could intensify.

Naqvi’s visit to the Iranian capital on Monday was his sixth since the United States and Israel’s war on Iran began in February. It came a day after Tehran said it had received intelligence that the US was planning new attacks on the country.