New Delhi, March 26 -- Even as US and Israel play a cat and mouse diplomatic game on a possible peace settlement, reports suggest that Islamabad may play broker between the two sides.

However, former Indian Ambassador to Iran Dinkar P Srivastava believes that Iran does not implicitly trust Pakistan as it has been cosying up to the US recently.

"Iran could not have forgotten that in June last year, when it was under Israeli attack, General Asim Munir was having lunch at the White House. So they clearly know that Pakistan is not an honest broker," the former envoy said.

The former envoy said that with Iran rejecting the 15-point proposal by the United States aimed at ending the war there appears to be a stalemate in West Asia. Iran, had ...