Iranian ambassador sees new opportunities for regional cooperation

Published May 24, 2026 Updated May 24, 2026 07:11am

Al Jazeera reports that Alireza Enayati, Iran’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, has said in a post on X that conditions across the region are now in place for countries to “unite in rebuilding the region and work together in its construction with mutual assistance”.

In the same post, Enayati described Iran as a nation “resilient in times of hardship and [one that] endures in history”, adding that “Iran is a new opportunity for the region to move beyond the repetitive language of the past and think about the future.”

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