Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, according to the Saudi state news agency.
The two diplomats discussed recent escalating tensions in the region after Iran-backed Houthi forces carried out attacks targeting Saudi airports.
In a post on Telegram on Sunday, Araghchi stressed that pursuing a military approach while setting aside political solutions would only complicate the situation further. Iran's foreign minister argued that the region's crises have no military solution. Last week, Araghchi said there was "no military solution" to the war being waged by the United States, and that only "negotiations based on justice and fairness" could end the conflict.
Iran's foreign minister declared that Tehran is ready to provide any necessary support to help launch dialogue between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and to contribute to reaching a political solution.
After a deadly attack on an airport in the capital, Riyadh, that killed 12 people and wounded 300, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would review Washington's role in Yemen and that he was considering resuming airstrikes against Iran.
Those remarks marked a departure from Trump's earlier statement on Thursday that Washington would not resume airstrikes against Iran until after the U.S. midterm elections.
Diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia remain in place despite prolonged tensions, with embassies restored under a China-brokered agreement in 2023 and still operating. Before that breakthrough, the two countries had endured seven years of severed diplomatic ties, which helped fuel proxy conflicts across the region.
Relations between Riyadh and Tehran have deteriorated since the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran began in late February. After the attacks, Tehran and allied forces launched strikes on U.S. military assets and energy infrastructure across the Gulf region, including oil fields in Saudi Arabia.
In March 2026, Prince Faisal warned Iran that the tolerance of Saudi Arabia and its neighboring Gulf states for attacks against them was limited, and called on Tehran to "recalculate" its strategy.
