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Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed issues related to the security of the Strait of Hormuz in separate phone calls with his Saudi and Omani counterparts on Monday evening, according to a statement published on his Telegram channel on Tuesday.
The statement said he “discussed the latest bilateral and regional developments, and emphasised the need to strengthen cooperation and advance joint diplomatic efforts to establish stability in the region.”
The call between Araghchi and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan, came after Saudi Arabia said it shot down drones launched at the kingdom by Iran-affiliated groups in Iraq.
Houthis attempting to emulate Iran’s Hormuz model in Red Sea: Yemeni official
A senior Yemeni official said on Tuesday that Yemen is worried Houthi rebels are attempting to emulate Iran’s attempts to control the Strait of Hormuz, after the group announced a maritime blockade of Saudi Arabia.
The “Houthis want to copy the Iran experience in Hormuz,” foreign minister designate Afrah al-Zouba told reporters during a briefing.He said that the rebels were “in harmony” with Iranian escalation in the region.
Trump says US and Tehran having ‘good talks’ as drones hit Iran’s neighbours
US President Donald Trump said on Monday the United States was having “good talks” with Iran, and there was a chance of a deal over their conflict, but he warned that US strikes would resume if the negotiations failed to deliver.
Despite Trump’s optimism, Tehran appeared to quickly test the pause in the US military campaign, with Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq reporting drone attacks on Monday.
Washington abruptly suspended a two-week campaign of air strikes on Iran on Saturday in Trump’s latest strategic U-turn in the five-month-old conflict.
“We’re having good talks,” he said. “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen, and if it does, good; if it doesn’t, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.”
At a campaign rally in Michigan later on Monday, Trump said of Iran: “You can’t bribe them. You’ve got to beat them, and we’ll beat the hell out of them. But we’ll see how it turns out. Right now, there are very friendly negotiations going on.”
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday that messages were still being passed between the sides through mediators and Iran had not forsaken diplomacy, but reports that it requested negotiations were “fabricated.” “This is not in our DNA,” he said.