Senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye met Iran’s top leadership in Tehran on Monday in the first high-level contact between the Makkah pact partners and the Islamic Republic, with both sides agreeing to keep talking on regional peace and security.
Pakistan’s army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Akbar Rezaei.
Iranian state media described the atmosphere as “very positive”, and a joint statement issued after the meeting said the four countries would continue consultations to reduce tensions across the region.
Pezeshkian Calls for Regional Unity
President Pezeshkian told the delegation that the region’s problems could only be solved by the countries of the region themselves, and urged what Iranian media called “regional unity” against outside pressure.
Tehran had earlier said it saw the Makkah pact not as a threat but as a shift in how the three signatories view their security interests, and welcomed the chance to explain its own position directly to the alliance’s military and intelligence leadership.
Makkah Pact: From Defence Deal to Diplomacy
The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was signed on August 7, 2026 by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan. Under the deal, an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all, and the three countries had already agreed on rapid deployment of forces and capabilities into the kingdom.
Since then the alliance has built out a secretariat and moved from a political declaration towards practical military cooperation. Monday’s meeting in Tehran was the first time the pact’s officials sat down with Iran, an adversary of the United States and Israel and a neighbour to two of the three members.
Houthi Attacks Set the Backdrop
The talks took place as Houthi drones continued to target Saudi territory. Riyadh says its air defences intercepted six drones in the latest wave, and the Saudi-led coalition has warned that the attacks threaten the kingdom’s oil infrastructure and civilian airports.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the participants had discussed Yemen and the wider Middle East conflict, including ways to stop the fighting from spreading to the broader Gulf.
Why the Makkah Pact Talks Matter for Pakistan
For Pakistan, the meeting puts Islamabad in a rare position: a military ally of Riyadh that also shares a long border with Iran and has an interest in keeping trade routes through Balochistan open.
The Pak-Iran border has been a sore point in recent weeks, with traders reporting restrictions and the petroleum minister blaming the closure for a record jump in LPG prices in Pakistan. A functioning diplomatic channel with Tehran gives Islamabad room to push for the border to stay open.
Pakistan has also positioned itself as a possible mediator between Washington and Tehran, a role that gains weight now that the country chairs the Makkah pact secretariat.
The joint statement did not announce any new mechanism or timeline, and officials from all four countries declined to say when the next round of talks would be held.
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