TehranSaudi Arabia’s defence minister met Iran’s president Monday.
Riyadh went to Tehran while Houthi missiles hit its airports and oil sites.
Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, signatories of the Mecca defence pact, discussed a regional non-aggression network, a Pakistani security official said.
No participant announced any agreement on Hormuz, the US blockade or the Houthi attacks.
Polymarket traders give a Saudi-Houthi ceasefire by 31 December a 24% chance, down 4 points in a week.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 500+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Al Jazeera Online
- Dawn
- names the Pakistani and Turkish spymasters and Saudi defence minister in the Tehran meeting, and ties it to Qatari and Pakistani mediation
- Middle East Eye leans favorable
- frames the Tehran meeting as the Mecca alliance seeking a security framework independent of Washington, quoting Rezaei on a 'real transformation'
- Mehr News Agency leans favorable
- attributes the Tehran meeting to Iran's resistance and domestic weapons production, quoting Bagheri Kani on 'endogenous security'
Sources: Dawn, Al Jazeera Online, Middle East Eye, Mehr News Agency