TEHRAN (Voice of Russia): Iran has expressed its wish to join the Mecca joint defense pact.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in an interview with Al Jazeera, called the defense alliance between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye a positive development and said Iran also wants to join the Mecca defense alliance.
He said Iran is ready to take part in this process, but the details of the pact’s decisions are not known.
Iran has once again offered to mediate between Saudi Arabia and the Houthi militia. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on the occasion of the OIC meeting that negotiations and political reconciliation are indispensable for peace in Yemen.
The American newspaper the Wall Street Journal claimed that Iran is providing the Houthi militia with advanced weapons, target identification and intelligence for attacks on Saudi Arabia. According to the newspaper’s claim, officers of the Revolutionary Guards are on the front line with the Houthi militia.
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