Hamidreza Dehghani, Iran's envoy to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), speaks during a news conference in Cairo June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's deputy foreign minister said he had held a "positive and constructive" meeting with Saudi Arabia's foreign minister in Riyadh on Tuesday as the two rivals seek to counter Islamist militants in Iraq.
Hossein Amir Abdollahian's visit is the first by a senior Iranian official for talks with the kingdom since moderate President Hassan Rouhani was elected last summer and pledged to improve Tehran's frosty relations with its Arab neighbours.
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