Some Gulf states hosting US forces may be covertly encouraging the slaughter of Iranians, Iran’s foreign ministerclaimed on Monday in a thinly veiled attack on Saudi Arabia.
Abbas Araghchi demanded clarification on reports that Mohammed bin Salman was in regular private conversations with Donald Trump urging the US president “to continue hitting the Iranians hard”.
Araghchi was responding to the second US media report in a week claiming the Saudi crown prince’s public opposition to the US attacks on Iran did not reflect his private position. “Stances should be promptly clarified,” he said in a post on X.
Iran’s foreign minister said hundreds of civilians had been killed in US-Israeli attacks, including more than 200 children.
The reason the Houthis haven’t begun attacking ships in Bab Al Mandab is most likely because Iran wants to keep its powder dry and avoid antagonising tbe Saudis.
But Saudi bases are being used by the US for its refueling tankers in bombing sorties against Iran. If Iran decides no ships pass through the Red Sea then that will hit Saudis oil exports and they will regret being America and Israels bitch.