Iranian officials attend talks with delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey during a meeting of the Mecca Pact countries in Tehran. (EPA Images pic)TEHRAN: Senior officials from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan held talks with Iran on Monday in an attempt to stop the Middle East war from reigniting, with Tehran saying the discussions were "very good".
Officials from the three Mecca pact countries flew to Iran as part of efforts to "de-escalate between the parties to the current crisis", a Saudi foreign ministry statement said.
The talks, which included heavyweight Saudi defence minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, followed warnings by the United States, Iran and Israel that hostilities could restart in the eight-month war.
