Top Saudi diplomat says the kingdom doesn't want war but won't hesitate to defend itself against Iran.
May 19, 2019
Adel al-Jubeir, the minister of state for foreign affairs, spoke a week after four oil tankers— two of them Saudi— were targeted in an alleged act of sabotage off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and days after Iran-allied Yemeni rebels claimed a drone attack on a Saudi oil pipeline. Fears of armed conflict were already running high after the White House ordered warships and bombers to the region earlier this month to counter an alleged, unexplained threat from Iran. The U.S. also has ordered nonessential staff out of its diplomatic posts in Iraq.
Iran has said it would resume enriching uranium at higher levels if a new nuclear deal is not reached by July 7. That wouldbring it closer to being able to develop a nuclear weapon, something Iran insists it has never sought. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, meanwhile, has called for a meeting of Arab heads of state on May 30 in Mecca to discuss the latest developments, including the oil pipeline attack.
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