Iran did not ask Tunisia for mediation on mending ties with Saudi Arabia

Almaty. November 24. Silkroadnews - Iran did not ask Tunisia for mediation in establishing relations with Saudi Arabia, the Iranian Telegraph Agency (IrTAG) reported referring to Tasnim News Agency.
“Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as unfounded a report claiming that Tehran has requested Tunis to mediate in the tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia,” the report said.
“Iran has made no requests to Tunisia for mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia and this report is rejected,” Qassemi said.
As explained, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported earlier that the head of the Iranian MFA department for the Middle East and North Africa Mohammad Irani had been sent to Tunisia by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to ““request his Tunisian counterpart Khemaies Jhinaoui to intervene in the crisis between Tehran and Riyadh and discuss with the Saudis the possibility of behind-the-scenes talks between the two countries to resolve differences.”
“Jhinaoui conveyed the message to Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir on the sidelines of the Arab foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo last Sunday,” the newspaper said, adding the Tunisian authorities told the Iranians that the message had been conveyed to Riyadh and the Saudis would respond on him next week after studying the issue.