Iran’s FM leaves Tehran for Riyadh

Iran foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has left Tehran for Riyadh heading a high-ranking delegation at the official invitation of his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Iranian foreign ministry said.

In June, Prince Faisal met with Iranian officials in Tehran on his first visit to the country after the resumption of diplomatic ties with the Islamic republic in March.

In March, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in a China-brokered deal to end a diplomatic rift and reestablish relations following years of hostility that had endangered regional stability in the Gulf, as well as in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon.

Saudi Arabia broke ties with Iran in 2016 after protesters attacked its embassy in Tehran in retaliation for Riyadh’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.