Iran believes Saudi Arabia's security is linked to its own security, an Iranian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, reacting to a Saudi allegation that Tehran was "targeting" the kingdom.
Iran
believes
Saudi Arabia
's
security is linked to its own security, an Iranian foreign ministry official
said Wednesday, reacting to a Saudi allegation that
Tehran
was
"targeting" the kingdom.
"
Iran
has
always wanted the stability, peace and progress of
Saudi
Arabia
," the
Fars
news
agency quoted the unidentified official as saying.
"The security of
Saudi Arabia
and
Iran
are
linked and the Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the security of
Saudi
Arabia
is like its own
security," the official said.
Saudi Arabia
's
Al-Eqtissadiya daily on Monday quoted interior minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul
Aziz as saying that the kingdom, which has been shaken by a wave of bloody
attacks by al-Qaeda, was still threatened by terrorism.
He referred to "
Iran
and
its targeting of the kingdom," but didn't elaborate.
The Iranian official expressed "surprise" at such claims, saying they
were "baseless and aimed at creating doubts among the countries of the
region."
Tensions between
Iran
and
Saudi
Arabia
rose sharply in March when
Saudi troops intervened in
Bahrain
to
help the Gulf kingdom's Sunni ruling family suppress month-long protests led by
its Shiite majority community, triggering angry protests from
Tehran
.
Tensions between Shiite Iran and its Gulf Arab neighbors have eased in recent
weeks, together with a reduction in angry exchanges between the two nations.
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