Prince Mohammed calls on international community to stand ‘firm’ against Iran

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called on the international community to take a “firm” stance against Iran.

In an interview with state-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, the Crown Prince said the recent attacks on oil tankers and facilities in the Gulf and the Kingdom “underline the importance of our calls on the international community to take a firm stance against an expansionist regime that supports terrorism and spread death and destruction over the past decades, not only in the region but in the world.”

He accused Tehran of exploiting the economic benefits of the nuclear agreement to support its “hostile acts in the region, chaos and destruction."

He hoped that the Iranian regime “would opt to become a normal state and cease its hostile policy.”

While stressing that the Kingdom’s hand is always extended for peace, he said that “the Iranian regime did not respect the (Japanese) prime minister as a guest (in Iran) and made during his visit an effective response to his efforts by attacking the two oil tankers in the Gulf, one of which was Japanese.”

“It also employed its militias to carry out a shameful attack against Abha Airport. This is clear evidence of the Iranian regime’s policy and intentions to target the security and stability of the region.”

On the other hand, the Crown Prince said that Saudi Arabia “places great importance on the strategic ties with the US,” considering them a main partner in achieving regional security and stability.

He also expressed confidence that the Saudi-American relationship will not be affected by what he called media bias and propaganda.