AN Iranian political analyst stated that Saudi Arabia’s normalizing relations with Iran is a sign that the oil-rich kingdom is starting to realize that American is not geared toward supporting its national interest but rather toward selling more weapons in the region.
Foad Izadi, a political analyst and an associate professor specializing in United States foreign policy and Iran-United States relations, emphasized that Iran never considered Saudi Arabia an enemy.
“The US and Israel’s policy has been to create confrontation between Iran and its neighbors. So, the resources of Iran is used to engage in this confrontation instead of helping Iran’s people or helping progress. Iran never considered Saudi Arabia to be an enemy. Iran didn’t want to have bad relations with Saudi Arabia. Iran wants to have good relations with all neighbors, including Saudi Arabia,” Foad Izadi, Iranian Political Analyst, said.
Izadi added that one of the main goals of Iran’s foreign policies is to limit the American footprint in the Middle East as the US tries to convince countries in the region to be scared of Iran’s approach he described as a failure.
“America is a country in decline and they are losing their power in this part of the world. Iran’s aim, one of the main aims of Iran’s foreign policies, is to limit American footprint in the Middle East. So as long as they make a bogey out of Iran, Americans do that. They go to the countries of this region and want to scare other countries from cooperating with Iran. I think that policy is failing. The fact that Saudi Arabia is normalizing relations with Iran shows that they realize that Americans are not interested in the national interest of Saudi Arabia. They’re interested in selling more weapons,” Izadi added.
In March 2023, China surprised the world by brokering relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, two influential countries in The Middle East that severed ties in 2016.
On June 6, Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia after both countries ended seven years of diplomatic rift.
Earlier this week, the two countries exchanged ambassadors.
Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iran, Abdullah bin Saud Al-Anzi, arrived in Tehran on Tuesday, and the Iranian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Alireza Enayati, arrived in Riyadh on the same day.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia earlier this week, where he conveyed Iran’s willingness to develop ties with Saudi Arabia during their meeting.
He added that it would not only enhance bilateral relations but also restrict the interference of external forces in regional affairs.
