{"id":2541,"date":"2026-10-12T11:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:03:44","slug":"saudi-iranian-fms-discuss-regional-tensions-after-airport-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"Saudi, Iranian FMs discuss regional tensions after airport attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the latest regional escalation and efforts to ease tensions with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, as Riyadh continued diplomatic contacts following attacks on the Kingdom, media reports said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a Telegram post on Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran was ready to provide any assistance to facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation was the first publicly reported contact between the two foreign ministers since attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthi group intensified, <em>Arab News<\/em> said in a report.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Faisal also spoke by phone with Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani and British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, both of whom expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia and condemned the Houthi attacks on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p>Al Zayani conveyed Bahrain\u2019s condolences over the deaths of Saudi citizens and residents in the airport attack, reaffirming his country\u2019s full solidarity with the Kingdom and support for measures to protect its sovereignty, security and stability.<\/p>\n<p>The two ministers also discussed regional developments and efforts to maintain security and stability.<\/p>\n<p>In his separate call with Miliband, Prince Faisal reviewed bilateral relations and regional developments, including joint efforts to ease tensions and mitigate their security and economic consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed the latest regional escalation and efforts to ease tensions with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, as Riyadh continued diplomatic contacts following attacks on the Kingdom, media reports said. In a Telegram post on Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran was ready to provide any assistance to facilitate dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The conversation was the first publicly reported contact between the two foreign ministers since attacks on Saudi Arabia by Yemen\u2019s Iran-aligned Houthi group intensified, Arab News said in a report.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}