Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani envoys hold Iran talks
Senior officials from the Mecca defence pact met Iran's leaders in Tehran in a bid to head off renewed US-Iran fighting. They agreed to keep talking.
Top officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran on Monday, in an effort to prevent the regional war from flaring again.
The three countries signed the Mecca mutual defence pact in August. The meeting was their first high-level contact with Iran since a war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran spread to Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Saudi Arabia sent Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Turkey its intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attended, and the talks were hosted by national security chief Mohsen Rezaei.
According to officials cited in reports, the agenda included U.S.-Iran negotiations, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. In a joint statement, the four countries agreed to continue the dialogue on regional peace and security. No agreement was announced.
The talks come as Washington and Tehran trade threats of new attacks. Shortly after the meeting, the Houthis launched further missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, which the Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted.
This summary is original reporting by tehworldnews, written after checking the facts against several major international news outlets and official statements.