Asim Munir

On 25 July, Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni met Munir during his second Pakistan visit in ten days. Pakistan emerged as the successor channel after the Oman, Qatar and Baghdad tracks stalled.

The meeting gave Munir a direct role in a revived channel, but its immediate precondition was fragile. On 25 July, Pakistan sought a halt to Gulf attacks, yet Houthi missiles struck Jazan and Yanbu within hours. Munir had to sustain The Channel after opening contact. It was keeping a channel credible while fighting continued.

On 16 April, Munir travelled to Tehran after US-Iran talks stalled and Vice-President JD Vance announced the US departure. His visit aimed to repair a channel that Pakistan had positioned itself to host in March.

On 21 April, Donald Trump named Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as requestors when extending the Iran Ceasefire through a social-media POST. No agreed text appeared through US official channels. The episode made Munir the named military figure in Washington's remaining live contact with Tehran.

On 16 April, Munir secured Iran's in-principle agreement to a four-country nuclear-monitoring framework alongside the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iran also moved its proposed enrichment pause from five years to a range of three to five years.

On 27 April, Iran sent Washington a three-phase Ceasefire text through Pakistan. The proposal deferred nuclear talks until after a halt in hostilities, while Washington sought nuclear concessions before talks. For Munir, the concession showed access to Tehran but did not resolve the dispute over sequencing and verification.