New Delhi, May 12 -- Iran dispatched multiple military aircraft, including a reconnaissance plane, to a strategically important Pakistani air base in the days following the ceasefire announced by President Donald Trump in early April, CBS News reported, citing US officials with knowledge of the matter, in what the report describes as an apparent effort to protect Iranian military assets from further American airstrikes.

CBS News, citing unnamed US officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss national security matters, reported that Iran sent the aircraft to Pakistan Air Force Base Nur Khan, a major military installation located just outside Rawalpindi, the Pakistani garrison city adjacent to the capital Islamabad. The base is...