Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called Wednesday on the Muslim world to unite and punish the Saudi government for its mismanagement of the hajj pilgrimage and wider actions in the region.

"Regional countries and the world of Islam should take coordinated actions to resolve problems and punish the Saudi government," he told a cabinet meeting, according to the IRNA state news agency.

"Unfortunately, this government by committing crimes in the region and supporting terrorism in fact shed the blood of Muslims in Iraq, Syria and Yemen," he added.