NewzThe secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said participants in four-nation talks in Tehran on Monday agreed that security in West Asia should be based on regional states, with external interference prevented. Mohsen Rezaei made the remarks following a meeting of delegations from Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Iran to discuss regional security, Israeli activities in the region, and developments in Palestine and Lebanon. “We concluded that West Asia’s security must be based on the countries of the region, and any external interference must be prevented,” he said.
Rezaei said regional countries should have begun cooperating earlier, arguing that the Turkish, Pakistani, and Saudi delegations’ visits to Tehran demonstrated that US threats had no effect at the global level. Read: Makkah alliance, Iran agree to continue dialogue for bolstering cooperation in regional peace, security He said talks with senior officials from the three countries had created a new, positive atmosphere. “The four countries believe that cooperation among them offers a way out of the crises facing the region,” he added.
The Iranian official also stressed that Israel must halt its attacks on Lebanon, southern Syria, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank. Earlier on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the Tehran meeting, bringing together Iranian officials and senior representatives of the Mecca Alliance countries –Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan – could mark the beginning of a regional security framework rooted in the region. Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Iran on Monday agreed to continue a new four-way dialogue on regional peace and security, following an unprecedented meeting in Tehran, involving the top military, defence and intelligence officials of the three Makkah pact countries.
A brief readout called it a joint statement issued by the Iranian side after the meeting, said the four countries had agreed to continue dialogue aimed at strengthening cooperation among the regional states, including on peace and security. The statement did not announce any new security agreement, ceasefire or specific understanding on Yemen or the wider Iran-US confrontation. However, the decision to maintain the four-way channel carries considerable significance, bringing Iran into direct consultations with the three countries that signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in August.
Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, who is believed to have proposed the idea of Tehran meeting, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin travelled to the Iranian capital for the meeting with senior Iranian officials. The talks were hosted by Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Major General Mohsen Rezaei. The visiting officials also met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The gathering came at a particularly sensitive moment for the region with tensions, involving Iran, the United States and Israel, continuing to cast a shadow over regional security, while Saudi Arabia is simultaneously facing the threat posed by Houthi attacks from Yemen. There have also been threats of renewed US strikes on Iran, although President Trump has publicly ruled out he was making such plans. The meeting also followed intensified diplomatic efforts by Pakistan and Qatar to keep channels open and prevent another round of military escalation involving Iran.
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