Is Iran headed to war or peace after Mecca alliance meeting?
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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey have taken their latest peace push directly to Tehran. Officially, it was to avert a new military escalation, but their diplomatic outreach can also be seen as a warning to Iran.
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Amid rising fear that the US and Israel are preparing to launch new attacks on Iran after the US midterm election on November 3, three major Middle Eastern powers delivered a coordinated diplomatic message directly to Tehran.
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Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin all traveled to Iran to meet Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and senior officials in Tehran this Monday. The three envoys serve as representatives for the Mecca defense pact — a military alliance of Islamabad, Riyad and Ankara, which was officially set up this summer.
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Saudi Arabia said the trip aims to open negotiating channels and "prevent the return of military escalation." Details on the agenda, however, remain scarce.
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A senior Pakistani official cited by the Reuters news agency said the talks focused on building a regional non-aggression network, in addition to US-Iran talks, Houthi rebels' attacks on Saudi Arabia, the Strait of Hormuz and the US naval blockade.
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Another official said Pakistan's Munir presented Iran with a solution to the conflict that would offer something both to Washington and Iran, with the three Mecca states and Qatar acting as mediators.
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The source told Reuters US President Donald Trump previously gave Munir the go-ahead to try diplomacy. Iran hailed the "very positive atmosphere" during the Tehran talks, even though no breakthroughs were officially announced.
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"Very good discussions took place between us," Mohsen Rezaei, head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told state television.
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"I feel that a new atmosphere is emerging in the region." Rezaei argued that regional security should be built by countries in West Asia themselves and without outside intervention.
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A day later, Rezaei reportedly met Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
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Iranian state media said Khamenei called for protecting Iran's interests and maintaining Tehran's conditions for ending both the war and the current state of "neither war nor peace." Meanwhile, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian travelled to Moscow for the Gas Exporting Countries Forum, where he met Russian President Vladimir Putin and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, with Pezeshkian and the emir also discussing the war and the Strait of Hormuz.
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These and other diplomatic contacts were framed by Tehran as evidence that the US is unable to diplomatically isolate the Iranian regime.
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The united front presented by the three nations in Tehran, however, can also be seen as a show of force for the new Mecca defense alliance.
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It comes as the Saudis grow increasingly wary of the attacks on Saudi infrastructure launched by the Iran-allied Houthi militants. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Under the terms of the Mecca agreement, an outside attack on one of the member states is to be regarded as an attack on all of them.
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The visit also came on the same day as Egypt's parliament agreeing to give military help to Ryad and take "all necessary measures" to help Saudi Arabia defend itself, in addition to the looming threat of the US and Israel.
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"The presence of the three senior representatives at the same time sent the message that these countries are acting as a bloc," Babak Dorbeiki, a London-based political analyst and former official at Iran's Strategic Research Center, told DW. Saudi Arabia has long been regarded as Iran's archrival in region.
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It has used its enormous wealth to counter Iran's influence, and now it can, at least in theory, also count on Pakistan's nuclear capability, and Turkey's conventional military strength.
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At the same time, Dorbeiki argued that the Mecca pact is primarily designed for deterrence rather than offensive war. And having a defense pact does not mean its members want to fight Iran.
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Dorbeiki believes the message from the bloc could therefore work in two directions: It can provide mediation, but continued escalation could also alter that position. Saudi Arabia faces the most immediate dilemma.
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Further Houthi attacks have damaged its infrastructure and economy, but a wider war with Iran could threaten the investment and development projects at the heart of Riyadh's economic strategy.
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"For Saudi Arabia, both the current situation and a war with Iran carry serious costs," Dorbeiki said. "Its preferred route is, therefore, a diplomatic solution."
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Moreover, Pakistan has spent months mediating between Washington and Tehran, and has important relations with both. A direct conflict would also distract Islamabad from its long-standing security concerns involving India.
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Turkey is a NATO member, but Dorbeiki said direct military support for Iran against the United States is highly improbable.
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The fact that Ankara sent intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin rather than its foreign or defense minister also suggests a cautious approach. Ali Asghar Shafieian, media advisor for Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, also rejected the perspective that the Mecca pact representatives were trying to present Tehran with an ultimatum.
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He told DW that the three countries may also have wanted to demonstrate their own growing coordination, while showing that Iran remains part of regional diplomacy. "You cannot conclude from this meeting alone that it was an ultimatum before an attack," Shafieian said.
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He also noted that Iran, just like the US and Israel, could prepare for the possibility of further conflict while maintaining negotiations.
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video "Just as they use the opportunity to strengthen their military and defensive capabilities, Iran does the same," he said, adding that an agreement remains possible if Iran's political standing and what Tehran describes as its national dignity are respected.
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Dorbeiki argued that Iran is following a familiar strategy of extending negotiations while avoiding real-world commitments.
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The Houthi rebels are central to Tehran's calculation.
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Tehran has not publicly offered the kind of guarantees over Houthi attacks that Riyadh would want.
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Dorbeiki believes Iran could seek to trade influence over such the attacks for concessions such as an end to US military pressure and broader steps toward ending the war.
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The only apparent outcome of the Tehran meeting is to keep talking.
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For Iran, that might be enough of a signal that it is still a diplomatic partner rather than an enemy.
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