US Senator Lindsey Graham questions Pakistan’s role as US-Iran mediator

“It has been apparent to me for quite a while that Pakistan as a mediator is more than problematic. Their animosity towards Israel is long standing. It is undeniable that Iranian military aircraft are being housed on Pakistani air bases and past rhetoric from the highest Pakistani officials against Israel is disturbing,” Graham said in a post on X. The US Senator, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was referring to an earlier report that Islamabad provided safe harbour to Iranian military aircraft that may have shielded them from US airstrikes.

Pakistan has denied the report but Graham at the time questioned the country’s trustworthiness. In a separate post, he insinuated that Pakistan’s Field Marshal Asim Munir would discuss the status of Iranian military aircraft stationed on Pakistani soil during the latter’s visit to Tehran last week.

Graham also commented on Trump’s call for Pakistan and other West Asian nations to join the Abraham Accords, which were concluded in the first Trump administration and deal with establishing diplomatic, economic and security ties between Israel and Arab nations.