Saudi Arabia faces many threats, and Iran isn’t at the top of the list
As Iran and major world powers race toward a June 30 deadline to reach a final agreement on limiting Tehran’s nuclear capability, Saudi Arabia is so furious that it is threatening to develop its own nuclear program. The Saudis are hinting that, along with other Arab states, they would match whatever nuclear enrichment capability Iran is allowed to preserve.
“Whatever the Iranians have, we will have, too,” Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi intelligence chief, warned at a conference in South Korea last month. Under the emerging deal, instead of ending Iran’s nuclear program outright, Tehran might be allowed to keep up to 5,000 centrifuges to produce nuclear fuel for energy and medical purposes.… Seguir leyendo »