Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey, the three countries that form the new Mecca defense pact, visited Tehran on Monday and met with Iranian officials amid threats of another US-Israeli attack on Iran. The meeting was seen as an effort to avoid another escalation in the US war against Iran, and the Saudi […]

Meeting marks first high-level contact between Iranian officials and their Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish counterparts since regional conflict spilled over to desert kingdom and Yemen

Iran says diplomacy remains possible but rejects U.S. demands for surrender.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan made a rare joint visit to Tehran amid reports that the U.S. and Israel were drawing up plans to renew their attacks on Iran.

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