Iran offers mediation in India-Pakistan conflict as Pahalgam attack heightens tensions

Iran has offered Pakistan to act as a mediator in its conflict with India, Tehran’s foreign ministry said Saturday, after an attack in Pahalgam, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), heightened tensions between the two Asian neighbours. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi “declared Iran’s readiness to extend its goodwill efforts to help reduce tensions” in a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar, the foreign ministry said. Araghchi has said on X that his country was “ready to use its good offices” to resolve the conflict.