Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is expected to be in Tehran today to continue mediation efforts regarding US-Iran peace talks, according to Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency, citing an “informed source.”

Islamabad has emerged in recent months as a key mediator between the US and Iran during the conflict in the Middle East, playing a leading role in negotiating a temporary ceasefire in April.

As Naqvi is due in Iran, the exact status of talks between Tehran and Washington is unclear, but sticking points likely remain over key issues such as Iran’s nuclear program and its frozen assets overseas.

Mohsen Rezaei, military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, told CNN in an exclusive interview on Friday that a potential peace deal between the US and Iran hinges on the Trump administration agreeing to release $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said earlier this week there had been “no significant progress” in negotiations with the US over the previous few days, despite US President Donald Trump asserting that talks are going “very well.”

Araghchi said that messages between the warring parties continue to be exchanged, in an interview with Arab media outlet Al Mayadeen, shared by Iran’s foreign ministry.

On Wednesday, Trump painted a rosier picture of negotiations to end the war, suggesting that a potential advancement could happen as soon as this weekend.

CNN’s Helen Regan contributed reporting.

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