A diplomat's analysis of the Mecca Agreement officials' trip to Tehran: the Tehran meeting is a sign of Saudi Arabia's sense of urgency Mohammad Irani, former Iranian ambassador to Lebanon and Kuwait:.
Any new agreement or security framework that wants to take shape in this geography will be influenced by the interests and judgment of Washington, and the Arabs will not take a step without coordination with America. This trip is the result of Saudi pressure on Ankara and Islamabad to show support for Riyadh's security concerns. The fact that they are now arriving in Tehran in the form of a joint security and military delegation together with two other countries is a sign of the extraordinary importance and urgency of the issue for Riyadh. Although it is still difficult in the media environment for Saudi officials to publicly admit that they need Tehran's mediation or Iran's influence in the Yemen case, the objective message of the tripartite delegation's trip says something else.