An emergency meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers, on the request of Iran and Pakistan, is to be held in Saudi Arabia on August 7, as Iran mulls its response to the killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, deemed a terrorist organization by the United States and EU. The meeting in the coastal city of Jeddah will include discussions on the "crimes of the Israeli occupation" and the "assassination of Haniyeh," the Saudi-based OIC said on August 5. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in Tehran that Iran requested the meeting alongside Pakistan. The OIC, which represents 57 Islamic countries, sees itself as the voice of the Muslim world. Unlike the smaller Arab League, it also includes influential non-Arab states, including Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey.
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