— 🇸🇦/🇮🇷/🇾🇪/🇨🇳 New: Saudi Arabia asked China to pressure Iran to curb the Houthis after the occupation of the Red Sea coast of Yemen and Bab al-Mandab

Three Iranian sources say that China conveyed the message, but did not issue threats or leverage its economic power on Tehran.

Iran responded by saying that regional stability depends on the end of the war between the US and Israel before anything else. - Reuters