The conversation was concerned with the situation in the Middle East, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA. According to the same source, the president and the prince emphasized the “unity of the Islamic world”.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi spoke by phone with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Iranian state media reported Wednesday.
It is the first time it is known that they spoke after the process of rewarming the relations between the two states, rival regional powers, began earlier this year.
The conversation was concerned with the situation in the Middle East, according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA. According to the same source, the president and the prince emphasized the “unity of the Islamic world”.
Iranian politicians praised Hamas’s attack on Israel on Saturday, the deadliest in the Jewish state since it was launched, but Tehran categorically denied any involvement.
Saudi Arabia is considered the Palestinian protectorate.
Riyadh called on Saturday for an immediate end to the escalation of violence, saying the Hamas attack was due to the “deprivation of the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights” which it blames on Israel.
Source :Skai
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