Will players in the Gulf establish a new security framework? | Inside Story

With the US and Israel signalling possible attacks, and Iran promising it will respond, a meeting in Tehran is being viewed as the last chance to defuse tensions in the Gulf. Top officials from the Mecca pact nations - Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye - have sat down with Iranian leaders in Tehran Diplomacy has so far failed to secure a peace agreement between Iran and the US. But with fighting in Yemen spilling over into Saudi Arabia, can the Mecca alliance work with Iran to help secure the region? Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault Guests Hamid Reza Gholamzadeh - Director of DiploHouse, a Tehran-based think-tank Khaled Batarfi - Saudi political analyst and academic Joey Hood - former Acting Director for the Office of Iranian Affairs at the State Department Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X: https://X.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile #Iran #SaudiArabia #Turkiye #Pakistan #MeccaDefenceAgreement #TehranTalks #USIranConflict #DonaldTrump #IranDiplomacy #QatarMediation #PakistanMediation #MiddleEastSecurity