Iran calls for peaceful solution to Gulf crisis
Iran said Monday that rising tensions among its Arab Gulf neighbors threaten the interests of everyone in the region and has called for "political and peaceful methods" to resolve the crisis.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Egypt, have severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing the gas-rich nation of supporting regional terrorist groups. The four nations also moved to cut off Qatar's land, sea and air routes to the outside world.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted on the ministry's website as calling for a "clear and explicit dialogue" among the feuding nations.
Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, discussed the recent developments in a phone conversation.
