Iranian President to Travel to Saudi Arabia Next Sunday

The Iranian website "Etemad" reported today that "Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Saudi Arabia next Sunday in his first visit to the kingdom since Tehran and Riyadh ended years of hostility under an agreement mediated by China in March." It noted that "President Raisi will attend the Islamic Cooperation Organization summit in Riyadh, where discussions will revolve around the Palestinian issue." Global and regional powers have failed to reach an agreement on how to address the escalating conflict since militants from the Islamic Resistance Movement "Hamas" stormed towns in southern Israel on October 7, an attack that Israel claims resulted in the deaths of about 1,400 people and the capture of over 240. Iranian media: The Iranian president is visiting the Saudi capital #Riyadh next Sunday to participate in a meeting of heads of State of the Islamic Cooperation Organization focused on discussing the war in Gaza.