The United states has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks as the kingdom faced air attacks from Yemen's Houthis.
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, resigned to the revival of JCPOA, are engaging with Tehran to contain tensions while lobbying for future their security concerns into account.
Saudi Arabia and Iran plan further direct talks, Middle East officials and sources told Reuters, to ease tensions and find a solution for the conflict in Yemen.
US State Department strongly condemned the attacks by the Iran-aligned Houthis of Yemen that struck a Saudi Arabian Aramco oil facility in Jizan as “...
The United States on March 8 reiterated its commitment to defending Saudi Arabia after drone and missile strikes on Saudi oil facilities by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
Iran's foreign minister Javad Zarif stated that since "no negotiations are needed" to revive the JCPOA, France's suggestion of Saudi Arabia joining the talks are meaningless.
Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has made an Arabic-language Twitter overture to Iran’s Arab neighbors, led by Saudi Arabia, while deciding to visit Pakistan.
In a policy discussion in Washington, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has emphasized that it does not want war with Iran, but a change of behavior, endorsing the US 'maximum pressure' policy.