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Iran welcomes Saudi crown prince’s remarks on ties

By AFP
March 06, 2022

TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday appeared to welcome recent comments by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince about relations between the two regional rivals as a sign of Riyadh’s "desire" to restore severed ties.

"The recent remarks of a high-ranking Saudi official show their desire to establish bilateral relations with Iran, and we welcome that," Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told state news agency IRNA.