Iran’s President Joins Saudi Summit, Unimaginably Criticizes U.S. Unprecedented Support for Israel

Ebrahim Raisi makes first visit to Saudi Arabia, where leaders push for full cease-fire, humanitarian actionIran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, in black robes, prepares to depart from Tehran to attend a summit in Saudi Arabia.

DUBAI—Iran’s president joined dozens of Arab and Muslim leaders at a summit in Saudi Arabia on Saturday—the first such visit to the kingdom in more than 15 years—as the Islamic world sought to project unified opposition to Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

The meeting in Riyadh of the League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation came amid intensifying fighting between Iran-backed Hamas militants and Israeli forces around Gaza’s largest hospital.