Pakistan's Army Chief says they are working to reduce the differences between the US and Iran, via Nour

Pakistan has periodically positioned itself as an intermediary in US-Iran friction, and army chief involvement signals this is running through Rawalpindi's security establishment rather than the civilian foreign office, the channel that has historically carried the more durable messages given the military's primacy in Pakistani foreign policy. Third-party offers to 'reduce differences' of this kind are common in periods of elevated Gulf tension and have tended to matter less for what is said than for whether they are followed by confirmed indirect contacts or a named negotiating format. For crude, the established pattern is that mediation headlines alone dent only the freshest geopolitical premium, while the premium itself rebuilds unless freight rates, insurance costs, or shipping behaviour through Hormuz actually normalise. The distinction worth drawing is between a headline from a self-appointed intermediary and one acknowledged by Washington or Tehran; only the latter has historically repriced risk for more than a session. Follow-ons are any confirmation or denial from US or Iranian officials, and whether back-channel reporting shifts from intent to an actual venue or agenda. As it stands this is one side talking.