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Iran accuses Saudi Arabia of pandering to Israel
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran accuses Saudi Arabia of pandering to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to provoke Israeli action against its regional rival.
Iran’s defense minister Gen. Hossein Dehghan in an interview slams Riyadh for what he describes as close ties with the US and Israel, suggesting it goes against “interests of Muslim nations.”
Dehghan tells a Hezbollah-owned TV station that the Saudis seek to “please” Netanyahu for the “purpose of provoking Netanyahu’s action against us.”
Dehghan’s interview comes in response to remarks made by Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman who said last week that there was no space for dialogue with Tehran due to its Shiite ambitions “to control the Islamic world.”
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