Islamabad, June 23 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Islamabad on Tuesday on a one-day official visit, where he is scheduled to hold high-level meetings with Pakistan's top leadership following Islamabad-mediated talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland.

The Iranian president received a red-carpet welcome upon arrival and was greeted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Ali Zardari and other senior officials. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is also accompanying the delegation.

President Pezeshkian travelled aboard a special aircraft named Minab 168, a symbolic reference to the 168 children reportedly killed in an attack on a school in Iran's Minab city.

The visit comes a day after Paki...