Pakistan’s role as a mediator between the United States and Iran has come under scrutiny following a CBS News report citing US officials that it quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to use its airfields. The arrangement allegedly helped shield the aircraft from possible US airstrikes while Islamabad publicly positioned itself as a neutral intermediary. According to the report, Iran moved multiple aircraft, including at least one reconnaissance variant of an RC-130 and a variant of Hercules, to Pakistan’s Nur Khan Air Base near Rawalpindi shortly after a ceasefire announcement in early April. The move raised questions in Washington about Pakistan’s…
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