Saudi, Iranian foreign ministers discuss regional tensions, state news agency says
Iran said it is ready to help start talks as Houthi attacks on Saudi airports have killed more than a dozen people, officials said.
- On Sunday, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud spoke with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi about regional escalation and tension-reduction efforts, marking their first publicly reported contact since Iran-aligned Houthis intensified strikes on Saudi Arabia.
- Houthis struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding more than 300, the deadliest incident in Saudi Arabia in over a decade.
- Araghchi emphasized via Telegram that "there is no military solution" to regional crises, stating Iran is ready to facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen toward a political resolution.
- President Donald Trump said he is reconsidering the US role in Yemen and weighing resuming strikes on Iran, departing from his Thursday position that Washington will not resume strikes until after midterm elections.
- Since the US-Israel war on Iran began in February, diplomatic ties between Riyadh and Tehran have deteriorated, though embassies remain operational under a 2023 Chinese-brokered agreement that ended a seven-year diplomatic rupture.
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