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Saudi-Pakistan-Turkiye pact puts Iran on alert over a new regional security bloc
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Iran will keep signaling caution as the Mecca pact hardens into a broader regional security bloc.

This is a major regional-security development with implications far beyond the Gulf. Even without naming Iran as a target, the pact changes the strategic geometry around Tehran and the wider Middle East.

AI reasoning

This is a major regional-security development with implications far beyond the Gulf. Even without naming Iran as a target, the pact changes the strategic geometry around Tehran and the wider Middle East.

Curated summary

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye have expanded their mutual defence pact into a trilateral deal signed in Mecca. Any external armed attack on one of the three will now be treated as an attack on all, and Iran has responded quietly while stressing Muslim unity and a smaller US role.

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Saudi-Pakistan-Turkiye pact puts Iran on alert over a new regional security bloc

Tehran is reacting cautiously as the Mecca agreement expands mutual defence commitments across three major Muslim powers.

Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera·2h ago
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