US-Iran truce: ‘Sensitive behind-the-scenes conversations’ paved way for Pakistan-brokered ceasefire

François Picard is pleased to welcome Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, Ambassador of Pakistan to France and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO. According to Ambassador Zahra Baloch, this is less about victory in the conventional sense and more about the survival and recalibration of power. What we are witnessing is not the end of a war, but the emergence of competing narratives that each side must sustain for political legitimacy: both sides claim success, yet neither has truly secured any semblance of victory.