<p>Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey travel to Tehran as bellicose rhetoric heightens</p><p>High-level diplomatic delegations from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have travelled to Tehran in an attempt to prevent renewed fighting between Iran and the US and Israel <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/23/european-middle-eastern-ministers-summit-iran-us-israel">as rhetoric sharpens on both sides</a>.</p><p>Security officials and diplomats at Monday’s meeting were expected to discuss how Iran could persuade the Houthis in Yemen to end their crippling missile and drone <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/22/us-diplomats-told-to-leave-saudi-arabia-amid-houthi-attacks">attacks on infrastructure in Saudi Arabia</a>. With fighting raging across Yemen, the Houthis claimed to have closed Riyadh airport and inflicted heavy damage on the Saudi economy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/saudi-pakistani-turkish-delegation-iran-avert-flare-up-conflict-us">Continue reading...</a>