{"id":22890,"date":"2026-07-17T12:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22890"},"modified":"2026-07-17T12:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:58:01","slug":"reuters-claims-pakistan-told-iran-saudi-arabia-is-our-red-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22890","title":{"rendered":"Reuters Claims Pakistan Told Iran: &#8220;Saudi Arabia Is Our Red Line&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Reuters has claimed that Pakistan conveyed a strong message to Iran following recent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, describing the Kingdom as Pakistan&#8217;s &#8220;red line.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Reuters report, the Iran-backed Houthis launched missile attacks on Saudi Arabia earlier this week, raising concerns in Islamabad that the escalating regional conflict could also affect Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The report added that the situation could complicate Pakistan&#8217;s potential role as a future mediator between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Citing a Pakistani official who spoke on condition of anonymity, Reuters reported that Pakistan&#8217;s top political and military leadership informed Iran that &#8220;Saudi Arabia is our red line, and any attack on Saudi Arabia will be considered an attack on Pakistan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reuters further stated that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a mutual defence agreement last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, thousands of Pakistani troops and a contingent of fighter aircraft are currently stationed in Saudi Arabia under that arrangement.<\/p>\n<p>The news agency also said Pakistan had previously expressed concern over attacks targeting Saudi Arabia, but regional analysts and officials believe the latest Houthi strikes have heightened Islamabad&#8217;s concerns by increasing the risk of a renewed conflict between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Pakistan nor Iran has officially responded to the Reuters report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters has claimed that Pakistan conveyed a strong message to Iran following recent Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, describing the Kingdom as Pakistan&#8217;s &#8220;red line.&#8221; According to the Reuters report, the Iran-backed Houthis launched missile attacks on Saudi Arabia earlier this week, raising concerns in Islamabad that the escalating regional conflict could also affect Pakistan. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[13123,149,2856,62,6187,6441,13124,434,9895,7841],"class_list":["post-22890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-houthis","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistan-saudi-relations","tag-regional-tensions","tag-reuters","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-world-news","tag-yemen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22892,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22890\/revisions\/22892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}