Iran says it is not concerned by new 'Mecca Joint Defence Agreement'

Iran says it is not concerned by new 'Mecca Joint Defence Agreement' Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday Tehran saw no reason to be concerned that a new security pact between Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia is directed against Tehran. Baghaei said the pact showed a 'change in pe

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirmed on Friday that the “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement,” signed between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, represents a strategic step to enhance security and defense cooperation among the three countries. In a post on the X platform, he stressed that this agreement follows t

Iran has reacted to the Mecca Defence Agreement cautiously, calling for Muslim unity while seeing itself as a potential target of the new deal

Pact will 'reshape security architecture' of the region, experts say.

The three nations share concerns over growing instability in West Asia, Iran's influence and Israel's increasingly assertive role.