The US envoy asked Arab foreign ministers to mediate with Iran to calm down with Israel and reduce tension in the region
An informed source said that the US envoy to the Middle East called the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Iraq to ask them to deliver a message to Iran urging it to reduce tensions with Israel in the wake of a suspected Israeli air strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that Brett McGurk asked officials to communicate with the Iranian Foreign Minister to convey the message that Iran must calm down with Israel, and they did so.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Iraq spoke by phone with the Iranian Foreign Minister and discussed tension in the region.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said that Israel “must and will be punished” over a raid in Damascus that killed seven members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Among them was Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior leader in the Quds Force.
