The accord is expected to give Shia-majority Iran and predominantly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia within two months the reopening of their embassies and missions and implement security and economic cooperation deals signed more than 20 years ago.
An Iranian official said on 19 March that Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi had received an invitation from King Salman to visit Saudi Arabia, although Riyadh has yet to confirm this.
Amir-Abdullahian told reporters the same day that the two countries had agreed to hold a meeting between their top diplomats and without specifying which three locations were suggested.
Tensions between Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, and Iran, which clashes strongly with Western governments over its nuclear activities, have the potential to reshape relations in a region characterized by decades of unrest. .