Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said Iran did not want hostilities to continue between the two Islamic countries, urging both sides to pursue dialogue. (EPA Images pic)TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it was "deeply concerned" by escalating attacks between Yemen's Tehran-backed Houthis and Saudi Arabia, after 14 people died in two days of strikes on Riyadh's airport.
"We are deeply concerned about the developments taking place in the Arabian Peninsula," foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei told a weekly press conference, adding that Tehran was ready "to help facilitate dialogue between the parties".
A Houthi strike on Riyadh's international airport on Sunday killed one person and wounded 11 others, a day after 13 died in the deadliest strike on Saudi soil in more than a decade.
