Persian Gulf nations and Pakistan stepped up efforts to transform a fragile truce in the Iran war into a permanent peace deal, with US President Donald Trump again signaling that the conflict may end soon. Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief and the favored interlocutor between the US and Iran, arrived in Tehran Friday for discussions on an accord with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that lasted late into the night and continued on Saturday. Munir also met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of parliament, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported. ... (full story)