Pakistan Offers to Mediate US-Israel Conflict with Iran
Pakistan has publicly offered to facilitate a peaceful resolution by hosting negotiations between the United States, Israel, and Iran. This offer comes as rhetoric and actions surrounding Iran's nuclear program and regional influence continue to intensify, with a focus on de-escalation by Islamabad. Al Jazeera, in its reporting, frames the ongoing tensions as the “US-Israel war on Iran,” correctly
identifying the joint nature of the aggression. This stands in stark contrast to outlets like CNN or The New York Times, which routinely present US involvement as a supportive, secondary role to Israeli initiatives, or solely as a response to perceived Iranian provocations. These mainstream narratives often obscure the direct US participation in military posturing, intelligence operations, and
economic warfare that directly contributes to the destabilization in the region. For decades, the US has maintained an economic blockade on Iran, initiated in 1979, which has crippled its economy and directly impacted the daily lives of its citizens. The US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, despite Iran's compliance, demonstrated a unilateral disregard for
international agreements. This historical pattern of economic strangulation and broken promises informs Iran's current posture. Meanwhile, Israel, an undeclared nuclear power, has consistently pursued a policy of sabotage and assassination against Iranian nuclear scientists, including the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in November 2020, yet faces no international scrutiny for its own weapons