The Islamabad Memorandum: Pezeshkian’s Visit and Pakistan’s Elevation
Iranian President Pezeshkian landed in Rawalpindi on 23 June, his first trip abroad since the war began, to thank Pakistan and advance the deal now named the Islamabad Memorandum. Pakistan has moved from mediator to guarantor. But a memorandum named for the mediator’s capital is still not an institution, and the strait needs the latter. This post reads Pakistan’s elevation, the limits of a guarantee carried by a name, and Pakistan’s natural place as a user-state in any future Hormuz authority.