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title: "Iran says Saudi Arabia and Houthis have not responded to mediation offer"
description: "Most outlets reported that Iran has not received a response to its mediation offer between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. Aaj News and ARY News both led with the lack of response, quoting Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, though ARY News added context about the timing of the offer in relation to recent Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia."
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# Iran says Saudi Arabia and Houthis have not responded to mediation offer

world · updated 21 Oct 2026, 2:58 PM PKT · 21 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Iran has not received a response to its mediation offer between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. Aaj News and ARY News both led with the lack of response, quoting Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, though ARY News added context about the timing of the offer in relation to recent Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **ARY News (English)** — [Iran says Saudi Arabia, Houthis have not answered mediation offer](https://arynews.tv/iran-says-saudi-arabia-houthis-have-not-answered-mediation-offer) · 21 Oct 2026, 2:58 PM PKT
  > Araqchi offered to ⁠help facilitate dialogue as the Iran-aligned Houthis intensified ​strikes on Saudi Arabia earlier this month....
- **Aaj News (English)** — [Iran says Saudi Arabia, Houthis yet to respond to mediation offer](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330477344/iran-says-saudi-arabia-houthis-yet-to-respond-to-mediation-offer) · 21 Oct 2026, 9:12 AM PKT · 89% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Iran has received no response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen’s Houthis to its offer to mediate talks aimed at ending the fighting between the two sides, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a television interview aired on Tuesday. Araghchi offered to facilitate dialogue earlier this month as the Houthis intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia. Speaking to Iraq’s Al Ekhbariya TV, the Iranian foreign ...

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