Saudi Arabia to prosecute Raisi in Iran for “reality on earth” | Middle East News

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister says he is “very concerned” with unanswered questions about Iran’s nuclear program.

Saudi Arabia will judge Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi for his “reality on the ground,” the kingdom’s foreign minister said, adding that Iran’s top leader Ali Khamenei has the final say on foreign policy.

Judge Raisi, who won an election victory expected on Saturday, recalled on Monday that he wanted to improve relations with Arab neighbors in the Gulf, urging his Saudi regional opponent to stop Yemen immediately.

After six years of war, a military coalition led by Riyadh has failed to defeat the Youthi movement in Yemen. Ten thousand people have been killed in the war, which the UN says is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.

Saudi Arabia is also opposed to Iran’s nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Integral Action Plan (JCPOA), which is trying to revive Tehran and Washington in indirect talks.

The deal between Iran and world powers, which has lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange for its sincere nuclear program, has been disbanded in 2018 since former US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew. Since the U.S. imposed harsh sanctions and reintroduced them, Iran has gradually reduced compliance with the agreement.

“From our point of view, Iran’s foreign policy is in any case directed by the supreme leader, so we base our relations and our vision on Iran on the reality at hand, and we will judge the new government, whoever is responsible,” Faisal bin Farhan said on Tuesday. Saudi Foreign Minister Al Saud.

He said he was “very concerned” with unanswered questions about Iran’s nuclear program, citing an apparent UN reference to the UN’s nuclear guard about the origin of uranium particles found in undeclared areas in Iran.

The current agreement between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will expire on June 24.

The new interim agreement authorizing the IAEA to enter Iran’s nuclear sites is yet to be announced.

“I think it’s important, even the JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] discussions are ongoing, we need to address and address these important issues seriously, and we will take responsibility for Iran’s actions, and maintain its unwavering treaty and commitments to the IAEA, ”Prince Faisal said.

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies continue to put pressure on Iran because of Tehran’s allegedly peaceful nuclear and ballistic missile program. U.S. intelligence agencies and the IAEA believe that Iran had a secret and coordinated nuclear weapons program that was suspended in 2003.

In an effort to maintain tensions between the two, Saudi Arabia and Iran began direct talks in April to address various conflicts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

Ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia were severed in 2016 after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions after the kingdom executed a Shiite religious Shiite Muslim.

The Saudi embassy in Iran was closed in 2016 as relations deteriorated.

Raisi said on Monday that Iran would have “no problem” with reopening the Saudi embassy in Tehran and that “the resumption of relations is not an obstacle.”

“There are no barriers on the part of Iran to reopen embassies … there are no barriers to relations with Saudi Arabia,” he said.