Will players in the Gulf establish a new security framework?

Video Duration 28 minutes 10 seconds play-arrow28:10Officials from Riyadh, Islamabad, Ankara and Tehran met in Iran.With the United States and Israel signalling possible attacks, and Iran promising it will respond, a meeting in Tehran is being viewed as the last chance to defuse tensions in the Gulf.Top officials from the Mecca pact nations – Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye – have sat down with Iranian leaders in Tehran.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Saudi-led coalition says it downed Houthi missiles, drones aimed at kingdomlist 2 of 3Mecca defence alliance members in Tehran to defuse Iran-US, Yemen tensionslist 3 of 3Iran’s calculations as US escalation looms: Trust, midterms, Hormuzend of listDiplomacy has so far failed to secure a peace agreement between Iran and the US.But with fighting in Yemen spilling over into Saudi Arabia, can the Mecca alliance work with Iran to help secure the region?Presenter: Folly Bah ThibaultGuests:Hamid Reza Gholamzadeh – Director of DiploHouse, a Tehran-based think tankKhaled Batarfi – Saudi political analyst and academicJoey Hood – Former acting director of the Office of Iranian Affairs at the US State DepartmentPublished On 27 Oct 202627 Oct 2026SaveSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink