The 5-Day Shuttle: Inside Mohsin Naqvi’s Relentless US-Iran Diplomatic Sprint | Exclusive Details

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• The General, The Proxy And The IRGC: Pakistan’s Secret Tehran Mission | Exclusive Details Reported By, Last Updated: May 20, 2026, 18:23 IST Mohsin Naqvi’s emergency visits highlight a tightly controlled military backchannel operating outside normal diplomacy Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi (L) meets General Ahmad Vahidi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in Tehran.
• Image/New18 With Pakistan’s traditional political heavyweights completely cut out of the loop, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi—acting as a direct proxy for his relative, Field Marshal Asim Munir—has landed in Tehran for his third consecutive emergency visit.
• Naqvi is locked in face-to-face negotiations with Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), to hammer out the definitive terms of Washington’s latest, highly sensitive de-escalation response.
• In an extraordinary and rapidly unfolding diplomatic development, Pakistan has officially emerged as the central, unyielding backchannel interlocutor between Washington and Tehran.
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