Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref says the emergency meeting of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Saudi Arabia comes at Iran’s suggestion and is meant to discuss an end to the unrelenting Israeli atrocities against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

According to The Iran Project, Aref made the remarks at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport on Monday before leaving the Iranian capital for Riyadh to take part in the event.

The extraordinary session is being held at the suggestion of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and following diplomatic efforts and multiple contacts by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, he said.


Attendees will “primarily exchange viewpoints on an end to the ongoing war and bloodshed in Lebanon and Palestine,” the senior Iranian official explained.

Aref also expressed hope that continuing consultations would yield positive results and bring about a cessation of Israeli brutalities.

“We hope to obtain valuable achievements in the field of providing aid to the displaced and victims of the Zionist regime’s attacks and crimes. Accordingly, we will enter the third stage of the measures. Iran as well as all Muslim and Arab states aim to secure a durable ceasefire in the region,” he underscored.