The foreign ministers of the Arab League will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss Iranian attacks on several of the group’s members, the bloc’s assistant secretary-general told AFP.
The meeting, which will be held via videoconference, was requested by Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Egypt, Hossam Zaki said.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit had earlier condemned the Iranian attacks, saying they are “fully reprehensible” and “not only a blatant violation of international law and the UN Charter, but also an assault on the principles of good neighborliness.”
He added that the attacks “create an unprecedented state of hostility between Iran and its Arab neighbors.”
“This is a grave Iranian strategic mistake, which I hope they will rectify by halting these attacks immediately.”
On Saturday, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the temporary leadership council had approved the suspension of attacks against neighboring countries unless an attack on Iran came from those countries.
“I must apologize on my own behalf and on behalf of Iran to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran,” he said, adding that “the interim leadership council agreed yesterday that no more attacks will be made on neighboring countries and no missiles will be fired unless an attack on Iran originates from those countries.”
