Saudi Arabia’s deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman issued an
extraordinary threat to Iran. In a nationwide televised interview,
the Saudi heir warned his country would “take the battle” to Iran’s
territory.
Mohammed bin Salman, who is also the defense minister, repeated
long-held accusations that Iran was trying to destabilize Saudi
Arabia and its Sunni neighbors. Iran has consistently denied such
claims, saying they are the victims instead.
“We know that we are the main goal of the Iranian regime,” he
said. “We will not wait until the battle becomes in Saudi Arabia,
but we will work to have the battle in Iran.”
The Saudi prince did not conceal the hatred of the House of Saud
toward Shia Islamic Iran, which is viewed as a heretic enemy in the
eyes of extreme Sunni Islam professed by the Saudi Wahhabis. He
said his country would “never talk with Iran.”
Iran responded furiously. Its Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan
hit back by saying that if Saudi Arabia were to do something
“stupid,” Iran’s response would be to “leave no area in Saudi
Arabia untouched except Mecca and Medina” – the two holy sites of
Islam.
Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Gholamali Khoshroo
formally protested to the Security Council over what he said was an
“unveiled threat” by Saudi Arabia. The terror attack in Tehran on
Wednesday is being seen by Iran as the Saudis delivering on their
“unveiled threat” to bring the battle to the heart of the Shia
Islamic Republic.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/391404-iran-saudi-war-shia/
