Jordan’s top diplomat makes rare visit to Iran as regional tensions soar

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(4 Aug 2024)
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Tehran, Iran - 4 August 2024
1. Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani embracing and shaking hands with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, posing for photos
2. Close of Iranian and Jordanian flags on meeting table
3. Wide of meeting between delegations
4. Close of Safadi during meeting
5. Various of Kani speaking to Safadi during meeting
6. Close of Kani
7. Wide of meeting
STORYLINE:
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi met with acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani in Tehran on Sunday, as tensions in the region grow after the deaths of top Iran-allied militants sparked vows of revenge against Israel.

Safadi is the first senior Jordanian official to pay an official visit to Iran in over 20 years.

Jordan is a close Western ally and helped intercept scores of missiles and drones fired by Iran toward Israel in April.

Iran said it was retaliating for the killing of its generals in an Israeli strike in Syria.

Many fear Iran and its regional allies could launch a similar attack following the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander in an Israeli strike on Beirut last week and of Hamas’ top political leader in an explosion in Tehran a day later.

Both attacks were widely blamed on Israel, which has acknowledged killing the Hezbollah commander.

Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas have vowed to avenge the killings.

AP video shot by Mohsen Ganji

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