WANA (Aug 09) – Iranian lawmaker, Azizi, has strongly criticized the newly signed “Mecca Agreement,” a trilateral defense pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan, warning Riyadh against strategic miscalculations in regional security.

 

Ebrahim Azizi, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, addressed the accord in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

 

“The Mecca Agreement shows that Arab nations have finally realized that security depends on regional cooperation, but they have still not found the correct path,” Azizi wrote. “We warn against a potential miscalculation; a powerful Iran has proven that no mistake will remain unanswered.”

 

Azizi’s comments follow similar criticisms from Ebrahim Rezaei, a representative of the same parliamentary commission. Rezaei stated that paper agreements with Ankara and Islamabad cannot deliver lasting security for Riyadh, drawing a parallel to Saudi Arabia’s decades-long hosting of U.S. military forces, and urged Saudi officials to fundamentally reform their regional foreign policy.

 

The reactions follow the official signing of the trilateral defense pact on August 7, 2026. According to a joint statement released by Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Saudi Press Agency, the agreement establishes a collective deterrence framework, dictating that an armed attack against any one of the three member nations will be considered an attack against all three.