Anwar calls for diplomacy amid US-Iran conflict, Prabowo 'prepared' mediate

Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stressed solidarity and called for diplomatic solutions following Israeli and US strikes on Iran.



Meanwhile, Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has said he is willing to travel to Tehran "to conduct mediation".



"I urge the United States and Iran to pursue a diplomatic off-ramp rather than further escalation, and the international community to act with urgency and without double standards," Anwar said, as quoted in Malaysian local media on Saturday.



“Israel’s initiation of these strikes was a vile attempt to sabotage ongoing negotiations and to drag other nations into a conflict that could prove impossible to contain."



He added that the strikes have brought the Middle East to the “edge of catastrophe.