Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has emerged as a key figure in the US-Iran tensions, becoming the first foreign leader to visit Tehran since the conflict intensified. The country also positioned itself as a "neutral" peace player holding negotiations between the two sides in Islamabad.
But Munir's rare ties with both US PresidentDonald Trumpand Iran’s military establishment are now drawing scrutiny, with experts warning that the former's alleged links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard could be a potential “red flag” for Washington.
Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, told Fox News Digital that Trump should not trust the Pakistanis and that Munir's ties to the IRGC are a "red flag" for the US.
"Trump should not trust the Pakistanis. Pakistan was a perfidious 'ally' in Afghanistan, backing the Taliban while pretending to be our friends. Munir's ties to the IRGC should be a massive red flag for the Trump admin", Roggio claimed.
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Field Marshal Asim Munir on Saturday wrapped up a high-stakes three-day visit to Iran, aimed at pushing forward efforts toward a peace deal. In Tehran, he engaged with Iran’s top leadership and key peace negotiators, the Pakistani military said. His meetings included talks with the Iranian president, foreign minister, parliament speaker, and the head of the country’s military central command centre.
According to the channel, Munir's ties with Tehran go way back. He was serving as Pakistan's director general of military intelligence in 2016 and 2017 when he began building ties with Iran. Apart from the IRGC, Munir also has ties with Iran's regular army and their intelligence.
"He has been interacting with the leadership. He has been interacting with the intelligence community. He has been interacting with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)," Retired Pakistani General Ahmed Saeed revealed.
"He continues to be a figure internationally who has personal interactions, a personal equation in the intelligence community in Iran, in the military hierarchy in Iran, in the diplomatic corps of Iran and also on the side of the political leadership," Saeed said.
According to him, Munir enjoyed close friendships with former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US strike in 2020, and commander Hossein Salami, who was killed in an Israeli strike in 2025.
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