US State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert raised doubts about reports that Iran provided missiles to Houthi fighters in Yemen, noting that Washington does not have “full determination on who is responsible for that”.
President Hassan Rouhani warned Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that it will achieve nothing by threatening the might of Iran, as a war of words between the regional heavyweights intensifies.
Turkey's President Erdogan will travel next week to Qatar, which Ankara has supported in its dispute with Persian Gulf Arab neighbours, presidential sources said on Wednesday.
The White House on Wednesday condemned missile attacks by Yemen's Ansarullah movement on Saudi Arabia, saying they threatened the region's security and undermined efforts to halt the conflict.
Some American pilgrims jointed other Muslim mourners in Imam Ali Street, Najaf, central-south Iraq, on Tuesday.
Iraqi popular forces from Desert Lions brigade deployed in the desert regions along the Najaf-Karbala road to protect the Shiite pilgrims during the long march of Arbaeen, against possible terrorist attacks.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari urged neighboring Pakistan to consider the successful experience of reliance on the popular forces to counter insecurity.
Two persons attempting to carry out suicide attacks against the pilgrims in west of Baghdad were identified and shot dead by the Iraqi security forces, local sources announced on Tuesday.
Senior Yemeni officials and military commanders of the Houthi Ansarullah movement have inspected domestically-manufactured naval missiles showcased by Yemen's armed forces at an exhibition in the western port city of Hudaydah.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Tuesday Iran supplying militants in Yemen with rockets is considered "direct military aggression", the official state news agency SPA reported.