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Muhammad Aamer, Pakistan’s ambassador to Doha, is quietly coordinating Pakistan’s role as a mediator between the US and Iran. Photo taken in Islamabad, September 2013.
Muhammad Aamer, Pakistan’s ambassador to Doha, is quietly coordinating Pakistan’s role as a mediator between the US and Iran. Photo taken in Islamabad, September 2013.© T. Mughal/EPA/MaxPPP

Iran, Pakistan, United States
The man at the heart of Pakistan's US-Iran mediation

Many in the West appeared surprised by Pakistan's emergence as a mediator between the United States and Iran. Islamabad's role in this process hinges on one man, whose involvement in the Muscat talks since the beginning was first revealed by Intelligence Online.
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