As Pakistan presses ahead with an all-out diplomatic push to broker a lasting deal between the United States and Iran—one that could finally bring the war to a close—its sudden urgency to act as a go-between is raising pointed questions.

The Israeli Occupation strike on gas processing facilities in Iran’s South Pars field on March 18, 2026, sent shockwaves far beyond Iran’s shores, rattling energy balances across the Gulf.

Throughout his war on Iran, Trump repeatedly stressed the need for Washington’s Gulf allies to become more deeply involved in a regional strategy to counter what he described as "the Iranian threat."

Gulf media coverage of the U.S.-Israeli War on Iran has revealed a distinctly one-sided approach, with reporting across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait, closely mirroring official narratives and government positions.

Amid the escalating U.S.-Israeli War on Iran and the continued strikes on Gulf countries that followed, the latter have turned toward Ukraine—a country exhausted by four years of war with Russia.