Iran Offers to Mediate Between Its Houthi Allies and Saudi Arabia
Iran has offered to act as a go-between for the Yemeni militia known as the Houthis and Saudi Arabia. The offer comes as Riyadh faces increasingly deadly attacks from the group.
Iran has offered to mediate between the Houthis, a Yemeni militia, and Saudi Arabia, The New York Times reported on 12 October.
Tehran has backed the Houthis for a long time. Saudi Arabia, for its part, is dealing with attacks by the group that are becoming increasingly deadly. It is against this background that Iran put forward its proposal.
Because Iran supports the Houthis, the offer places it in the role of an intermediary between its allied militia and the Saudi government.
The source material does not say how Saudi Arabia or the Houthis responded, what terms Iran has proposed, or whether any talks are planned. It also gives no figures on the recent attacks or their casualties, so those questions remain open.
