G7 foreign ministers have been meeting in Paris this week, from where Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been issuing Iran-related comments to the press.
The G7 issued a joint statement Wednesday upon the conclusion of two days of meetings. Ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US, along with the EU’s High Representative, condemned Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, and also strongly condemned Iranian attacks on international shipping and its Gulf neighbors.
"Absent a diplomatic solution, we committed to continuing our coordination to economically and politically constrain the Iranian regime's ability to sow instability in the region and around the world," the ministers said.
via AFPThis seems to back Washington's current playbook which has fallen into a 'status quo' (or defeat?) of tightening sanctions while seeking to decimate the Iranian economy, but importanly while holding off on a renewed bombing campaign.
Among the more interesting parts of the statement focused on alleged Iranian military support to the Houthis, who have been attacking Saudi territory on a near-daily basis with ballistic missiles and drones.
"The ministers urged Tehran to stop supporting nonstate armed groups across the Middle East, specifically calling for an end to Iranian weapons supplies and other assistance to Yemen's Houthis," one report says. According to
