Posted on 03/10/2023 5:40:52 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to restore diplomatic ties, Iran announced Friday afternoon.
The two countries will reopen their embassies in Riyadh and Tehran within 60 days, Iranian media reported, claiming that the deal was reached during a recent meeting in China.
The Islamic Republic and the Saudi kingdom have not had formal diplomatic ties after an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran and a Saudi consulate in Mashhad, prompting Saudi Arabia to expel Iran's mission in Riyadh. The attacks in Tehran and Mashhad came in response to the execution of a prominent Shi'ite cleric in Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi government has not confirmed Iran's announcement.
Riyadh and Tehran have been in talks aimed at restoring diplomatic relations for years, with Iran claiming the two were on the cusp of an agreement in October 2021.
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They’ll stab you in the back every time.
I thought they hated each other.
Must be a very high potential profit for both sides.
You are probably right.
But..... I think the Hajj is the reason for the change.
The primary task and responsibility of the Saudi King is Keeper of The Two Holy Mosques. He has a responsibility to the Islamic world. That includes Iran that is prohibited from the Hajj since there was an attack.
Attendance to the Hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam as stated by Mohammed himself. So, some accommodation must be made if there is strong assurance of religious rather than political attendance
Any way, We’ll see who is the real power...... the Prince or the Mullah
Is there something to be said for those different sects fighting each other?
I say let the Chicoms have the Middle East. They’ll keep a lid on the violence like they do with Tibet. Let them be the on the receiving end of the terror.
The Chicoms don’t want the Middle East.
President Trump established the Abram Accord that has been expanded into the Negev Summit that allies the local Arabs and Israel into a powerful anti Iran force. There is both commerce and military assimilation into a unified effort.
China just isn’t involved
The Sauds are weighing the imminence of Iran’s nuclear warhead with the likelihood that Biden will do anything to stop Iran from using it. Time to make nice with the mullahs.
Biden need not do much if anything.
Netanyahu is getting the job done. Iran has no nuke because Israel has constantly sabotaged the progress time after time after time. Anti Iran is the task of the Abrams accord/Negev Summit coalition because some of the Biden people can’t stop playing the Obama game that is over.
Whatever it is they’re playing, it’s a game, and the grownups have to do the serious work of preventing a nuclear holocaust, no thanks to the Brandon romper room.
Bert-I’m being factious. I like your Negro Friday comment.
In the meantime Biden is trying hard to fan the flames of chaos in Israel n order to get rid of Netanyahu in favor of Israel’s Left. Before reaching total Stalinesque control the Left can’t or won’t deal with external threats
Monumental news and yet a handful of the replies really pathetic
This is yet another example of neocon failure
Broker by China this is a direct result of how our European policy has alienated everyone and giving them pause who the hell is running the show
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