Senior Iranian Revolutionary guard leader Hossein Salami was quoted as warning Saudi Arabia this week to end its reliance on Israel.
‘You are relying on an Israel which is collapsing, and this will be the end of your era,’ said Salami on Thursday in comments reported by Tasnim news agency.
Salami’s ‘warning’ to the Saudi government stands in contrast to the more conciliatory tone that Iran’s Supreme Leader has recently made about the need to restore relations between Iran and Saudi.
Relations between the two nations broke down in 2016, with regular diplomatic ties being severed, over Iranian support for the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Despite talks which began in 2021 to try and restore relations, little progress has been made.
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