Abbas Araghchi and Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Discuss Regional Developments After US Attacks

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed regional developments in a phone call on Thursday after “the US attacks” against Iran.

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The call, described by اقتصاد آنلاین as part of Tehran’s “ongoing diplomatic contacts with the regional countries,” focused on “the latest regional developments in the aftermath of the US strikes against Iran.”

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Mehr News Agency similarly said the two foreign ministers exchanged views on “the latest developments in the region in the wake of the fresh US attacks against Iran.”

Mehr News Agency added that the phone call’s aim was discussing “the latest developments in the region in the aftermath of the fresh US strikes against Iran.”

جريدة الغد said the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that Abbas Araqchi spoke by phone with Prince Faisal bin Farhan and with Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan about developments after “the American attacks on Iran.”

The Foreign Ministry statement, as quoted by جريدة الغد, said Araqchi condemned “the American military aggression and violation of Iran's national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” and stressed “the inherent and legitimate right of the powerful Iranian armed forces to respond in kind to these attacks.”

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جريدة الغد also cited U.S. Central Command describing its forces carrying out “three waves of airstrikes” targeting Iranian air-defense systems, ground-control stations, and radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz.

In the same report, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced it had targeted the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain with drones, threatening stronger responses if hostilities continue.

DW described how Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, have begun preparing for a post-conflict phase while the United States continues negotiations with Iran to reach a formula to end the war.

“The United States continues its complex negotiations with Iran to reach a formula to end the war, at a time when Gulf Arab states have begun preparing for the post-conflict phase”

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DW said Tehran has shown willingness to use leverage including “its enhanced control over the Strait of Hormuz,” while Washington has pressed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping and warned that time is running out to reach an agreement.

In a separate report, سِمَای آزادی said the ceasefire between Iran’s regime and the United States “remains formally in place,” but “in practice we have witnessed direct exchanges of fire.”

سِمَای آزادی also quoted Trump telling ABC, “The ceasefire continues,” while describing Iran’s official stance that reopening Hormuz requires “a permanent halt to the war + lifting the blockade and sanctions.”