Pakistan Heads to Tehran as Bessent's Sanctions Land Monday

🕊️ ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is flying to Tehran the same weekend Washington calls it Economic D-Day. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Islamabad's timing is the signal — arriving before Monday's sanctions activate gives Tehran a face-saving off-ramp without direct US contact. Pakistan carries water for both sides: Washington needs Chinese pressure absorbed, Tehran needs a non-Oman channel after that one nearly collapsed. If talks fail, Islamabad still demonstrates neutrality value to Beijing.