Saudi-Iran talks resume in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 24 April 2022, (TON): A senior Iraqi official said “regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after negotiations were suspended last month.”

The official said “talks resumed last Thursday in Baghdad.”

Iran’s news agency confirmed “a meeting attended by senior officials from the secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and the head of the Saudi intelligence service.”

Shiite-majority Iran and the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia support rival sides in several conflict zones across the region, including in Yemen, where the Huthi rebels are backed by Tehran, and Riyadh leads a military coalition supporting the government.

In 2016, Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran after the kingdom executed revered Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.

Riyadh responded by cutting ties with Tehran.

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