An Iranian official revealed, on Saturday, that "Tehran and Riyadh are preparing to reopen their embassies."
A member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament, Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, said in a tweet via "Twitter", that "the important relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia are being revived, and the embassies of the two countries are preparing to reopen."
He added, "This matter will have important repercussions in reducing regional tensions on the one hand, and increasing the cohesion of the Islamic world on the one hand."
Iran had announced a new round of negotiations between it and Saudi Arabia in Iraq with the aim of settling differences and returning relations to normal.