Pakistan parked Iranian planes on its airbases to escape US airstrikes: report

WASHINGTON: (May 12) Pakistan, which is playing mediator to end the US-Iran war, allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields to shield them from American airstrikes, CBS News reported here quoting US officials.

The report also claimed that Iran had also parked its civilian aircraft in neighbouring Afghanistan to protect it from US airstrikes.

Reacting to the report, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham called for a complete re-evaluation of Pakistans role as a mediator to end the US-Iran war that broke out on February 28 and has been put on pause since April 8.