Saudi Arabia warns Iranian Supreme Leader, tells him to do nuclear deal with this non-Muslim country or… what is going to happen in Gulf?
Riyadh: The Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia had given a strong warning to the top leaders during his visit to the country last month. He told the Middle East country that either Tehran should accept Donald Trump’s proposal to negotiate on the nuclear deal or else there will be a serious threat of an Israeli attack. The Saudi Defence Minister stated that by doing this, Iran can avoid a serious confrontation with Israel. Witnessing the threat of instability in the Gulf countries once again, Saudi Arabia’s 89-year-old King Salman bin Abdul Aziz sent his son and Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman to Tehran.
The Warning
According to a report by news agency Reuters, Saudi Prince Khalid met Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and gave him the warning, Gulf sources who were present in the meeting told Reuters. The meeting was held on April 17. Iran’s President Masood Pezeshkian, Army Chief and Foreign Minister were also present at it.
Notably, no information about the warning has been revealed. Earlier, Prince Khalid also served as the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US. He warned Iranian leaders that Trump has very little patience for talks.
Saudi Royal Family’s Direct Message To Iran
A Saudi prince recently stated that the Trump administration is pressing for an immediate resolution regarding the Iran nuclear deal, warning that a delay would quickly eliminate diplomatic options. He argued that engagement with the United States is preferable to the alternative of an Israeli military strike, citing the ongoing Gaza conflict as a reason to avoid further regional escalation. This visit, the first by a Saudi royal to Iran in two decades, signals a thaw in relations between the long-standing rivals.
Meanwhile, President Trump on Wednesday said that he has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop targeting Iran so that the US administration can get more time to move forward on a new nuclear deal with Tehran.
‘I told him that it would be inappropriate to do so now because we are so close to a solution,’ Trump said.
Trump’s remarks came at a time when the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said that there is still no decision on talks between Iran and the US regarding the Middle Eastern country’s rapidly growing nuclear program.
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