İbrahim Kalın

Turkish basically spy networks.

It's like the head of the Turkish CIA, Ibrahim Kalin, visiting Iran.

Of course, this is Tehran itself, so not necessarily the safest location.

You bet there were guarantees ahead of time before this delegation even landed in Tehran that...

German Foreign Minister Johann Weidfuhl said most of the group of 20 share the view that Iran must come to the negotiating table, that the Houthis must stop their attacks, and that Russia must stop pushing global food security toward collapse.

Pakistan's military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said Islamabad is cautiously optimistic about the mediation, noting that Field Marshal Asim Munir has visited Tehran twice this month, most recently on Monday alongside Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Salman and Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin.

He warned that powerful parties who believed the conflict served their interests could undermine the effort and did not name them.

At the United Nations Security Council, Qatar's ambassador rejected using the Strait as a tool of political pressure and called for its unconditional reopening.

Saudi Arabia and its allies dispatched senior security officials to Iran on Monday for urgent talks aimed at preventing a fresh United States-Israeli offensive from triggering a wider Middle East war.

Pakistani military chief Asim Mounir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin joined Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman in Tehran, where they met Iran's top leadership, including Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei and President Massoud Pazeshkian.

The high-level visit underscores mounting alarm among regional powers that renewed military action could destabilize the Gulf, endanger, shipping, and draw in armed groups across the region.

Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry said Prince Khalid was traveling with representatives of countries party to the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.

From Tehran, the signals arrived on two tracks at once.

On the diplomatic side, Monday's visit by Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's Army Chief Assim Mounir, and Turkey's Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin ended with an agreement to keep talking.

A Pakistani official told Reuters that Mounir presented a proposal with the American president's blessing, though no government had published its terms.

Axios, citing an American official, reported that after the visit, Saudi officials told the White House that Iranians were worried about a possible bombing operation after the midterms.

He's the Army Chief.

And Turkey was represented by Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin.

Iranian state media published pictures of President Massoud Peshekian, President of Iran, Foreign Minister Araghachi, and Mohsen Rezaei, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, who also attended the meeting.

Pakistan and Qatar have led mediation efforts in the war, and Qatari mediators were in Tehran on Sunday, an official told Reuters.

And in diplomacy, a delegation from the Mecca Security Pact countries has left Tehran after several days of high-level talks on regional security.

Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir, and Turkey's Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin attended the talks with Mohsen Rezaei, the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

They also met with Iranian President Massoud Pesachkian.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey recently signed a NATO-style defence pact in Mecca that says an attack on one country is to be considered an attack on all three.