At the 13th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, leaders of Muslim countries gathered to address issues such as terrorism, the migration crisis in the region and the issue of Palestine. What has captured the attention of the Iranian media, however, is the continuing conflict between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Before the April 14 summit began, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif publicly objected to Saudi Arabia’s attempt to introduce what Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) called “four anti-Iranian resolutions and one resolution against Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the draft declaration of the OIC.” Zarif said such a statement would contradict the “spirit of Islamic unity and is in the interests of the Zionist regime" and warned that such destructive actions would have consequences.