Iran says Saudi Arabia, Houthis have not answered mediation offer

Iran ​has not received ‌a response from ​Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker ‌talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a television interview aired on Tuesday.

Araqchi ‌offered to help facilitate dialogue as the Iran-aligned Houthis ‌intensified strikes on Saudi Arabia earlier this month. In the interview with Iraq's Al Ekhbariya TV, Araqchi also responded to the possibility of ⁠Egypt ​joining Saudi ⁠Arabia in the war against the Houthis.

"Any foreign intervention would complicate ⁠matters," he said, adding Cairo has previously told Tehran that ​it would "not directly" interfere in the Yemeni conflict. Egypt has said ⁠it is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it ⁠needs ​to defend its security, potentially raising the stakes in the Middle East.

A vote in the Egyptian ⁠parliament on a possible move against the Houthi fighters by ⁠the country's ⁠military, one of the Arab world's largest, was delayed until October 26.