Monday, January 07, 2013

The King & I’ran

Reasons behind Iran-Saudi rivalry

Iran is neither an enemy of Saudi Arabia, nor a friend. But with the recent Sunday Times July expose` on Saudi Arabia (where they mention a Saudi diplomat quoting how Saudi Arabia has given tacit approval to Israel for using its airspace to attack Iran – a claim refuted now by both Saudi and Israeli governments), not only has Saudi Arabia shot itself in the foot, but it has also given Iranian President Ahmedinejad the political lifeline he has long awaited. But really, wasn’t Saudi Arabia supposed to be a pro-Islam, ergo pro-Iran nation? Actually, not at all!

First, the legacy of the past. A so-called Saudi Arabian-Iranian friendship had continued for some years before coming to an end with the Iranian revolution in 1979 as the revolutionary regime of Iran declared the Saudi monarchy as anti-Islamic! Iran targeted Saudi Arabia and accused it of being an American proxy while Saudi in turn blamed Iran for attempting to destabilise it by infiltrating revolutionary mindsets. Relations worsened during the Iran-Iraq war in 1980 as Saudi Arabia sided with Iraq in the war.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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