Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has met with Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi who is on an official visit to Tehran amid increased tensions in the West Asian region.

The two diplomats held talks in the capital Tehran on Sunday to discuss the recent spike in tensions in the region as well as bilateral relations.

Safadi, who arrived in Tehran earlier on Sunday, is also scheduled to meet and exchange views with other Iranian officials on regional and international issues during his trip.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement earlier in the day that Safadi will also deliver a message from King Abdullah II to the Iranian president on “the situation in the region and bilateral relations.”

The Jordanian foreign minister’s rare visit comes a day after he held two phone calls with his Iranian and Egyptian counterparts about the consequences of the Israeli regime’s assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.

Bagheri Kani has written in a post on his X account that during the phone calls, the three foreign ministers exchanged views on the process of developments in the region, noting that they “emphasized the continuation of consultation between the countries of the region.”

He went on to say that the situation in the West Asian region is very sensitive due to the continuation of the crimes and dangerous adventures of the Israeli regime.

“The Muslim countries of the region should prevent the continuation of the genocide in Gaza and the expansion of the aggression of the Zionist regime in the region by adopting a unified and decisive position and coordinated actions. Iran’s determination to hold the regime accountable is serious,” Bagheri Kani said.

Haniyeh, who was in Tehran to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Iran’s newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian, alongside other Axis of Resistance leaders, was martyred along with his bodyguard, in an attack early on July 31. He had resided in Doha along with other members of the Hamas political office.

Haniyeh was a key negotiator of Hamas in Gaza ceasefire talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt.

Ayatollah Khamenei has warned the Israeli regime of a “harsh response” for Haniyeh’s assassination, calling it the Islamic Republic’s duty to avenge the Palestinian resistance leader’s blood.

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