The report, pointing out unnamed United States authorities, declared that Iran moved airplane, consisting of a reconnaissance aircraft, to Pakistan’s Nur Khan airbase soon after a ceasefire was revealed. It likewise declared that Iranian civilian airplane were parked in Afghanistan for defense.
Pakistan, which is playing conciliator to end the US-Iran war, permitted Iranian military airplane to park on its airfields to protect them from American airstrikes, CBS News reported here estimating United States authorities.
The report likewise declared that Iran had actually likewise parked its civilian airplane in neighbouring Afghanistan to safeguard it from United States airstrikes.
Responding to the report, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham required a total re-evaluation of Pakistan’s function as a conciliator to end the US-Iran war that broke out on February 28 and has actually been placed on time out given that April 8.
“If this reporting is precise, it would need a total reevaluation of the function Pakistan is playing as conciliator in between Iran, the United States and other celebrations,” Graham, the Senator from South Carolina, stated in a post on X.
“Given a few of the previous declarations by Pakistani defense authorities towards Israel, I would not be surprised if this held true,” Graham stated.
The CBS report, pricing quote unnamed United States authorities, stated that Iran has actually sent out “numerous airplane”, consisting of a reconnaissance and intelligence aircraft, to Pakistan’s Nur Khan airbase right after United States President Donald Trump revealed the ceasefire in April.
A senior Pakistan authorities declined the claims including Nur Khan Air Base, and informed CBS News, that “Nur Khan base is right in the heart of (the) city, a big fleet of airplane parked there can’t be concealed from (the) public eye”.
An Afghan civil air travel officer informed CBS News that an Iranian civilian airplane coming from Mahan Air landed in Kabul soon before the war began and stayed parked after the closure of the Iranian airspace.
The very same airplane was transferred to an airport in Herat near the Iranian border after Pakistan introduced attacks on Afghanistan, the Afghan authorities stated, including that the Mahan Air airplane was the only Iranian airplane in the nation.
Pakistan’s reliance on China for military support has actually increased significantly over the previous years. A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute research study revealed China provided about 80 percent of Pakistan’s significant arms in between 2020 and 2024, and Islamabad likewise has close financial ties with Beijing, the CBS News report stated.
Islamabad has actually tried to browse both sides of the crisis– emerging to Washington as a supporting intermediary while preventing actions that might push away Tehran or China, Iran’s most effective global backer, the CBS News report stated.
Released on May 12, 2026
