The Canada Brief

World · 6 d ago

Tehran skyline, Milad Tower and the Alborz Mountains

Julia Maudlin from Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan hold talks in Tehran to stop a return to war

Senior officials from the three Mecca pact countries met Iran's president and foreign minister on Monday. Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman was among them.

I sensed a very positive atmosphere in the discussions.

— Mohsen Rezaei, Iran's security chief

What we know

  • The parties agreed to keep talking
  • No concrete announcements were made

Not yet

  • Whether the eight-month war restarts

The meeting ended with an agreement to continue discussions. The US, Iran and Israel have all warned that hostilities in the eight-month war could restart.