{"id":22155,"date":"2026-06-18T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=22155"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:08:03","slug":"pakistan-signs-islamabad-mou-as-mediator-between-us-and-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2026\/06\/18\/pakistan-signs-islamabad-mou-as-mediator-between-us-and-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan signs Islamabad MoU as mediator between US and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pakistan on Thursday formally signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as the official mediator between the United States and Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the agreement after the document had already been endorsed by US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pakistan formally signs as mediator<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister&nbsp;Shehbaz Sharif&nbsp;has signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding in his role as mediator, formally endorsing the agreement reached between Washington and Tehran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video released by the Prime Minister\u2019s Office shows Sharif signing the document, which already bears the signatures of US President&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;and Iranian President&nbsp;Masoud Pezeshkian.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan on Thursday formally signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as the official mediator<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[215,446],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-trending"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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