The Saudi princes targeted in an anti-corruption campaign inside the kingdom are living in a “very humiliating situation”, said a dissident Saudi prince, adding that monitoring devices are fitted to their legs so Saudi leaders can monitor their movement.
The Saudi national news agency published photos of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, apparently in a bid to quash speculations about the whereabouts of the 32-year-old hair to the Saudi throne who has not been seen in public since an April 21 shooting incident in Riyadh.
The Tehran-based newspaper Kayhan says it has obtained a copy of a report by an Arab intelligence apparatus that claims Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has mysteriously disappeared for weeks, could be killed in a shooting incident late April.
The Saudi Crown Prince has vanished from the public eye since an April shooting incident near royal palaces in the capital Riyadh, leading to questions about the whereabouts of the 32-year-old heir to the Saudi throne, an Iranian news agency reported.
Iran’s former ambassador to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) says Riyadh is behind Rabat’s recent move to cut relations with Tehran, and will likely provoke other Arab countries to follow Morocco’s lead in the near future.
Riyadh is trying to foment discord between Iran and Tajikistan as their cold ties will create favourable conditions for Saudi Arabia to turn the Central Asian state into a breeding ground for advocates of a radical interpretation of Islam.
Amid mounting criticism of Saudi Arabia over its human rights record, a new report by a nonprofit organization shows that the number of beheadings in the kingdom during the first quarter of 2018 rose by over 70 percent compared to the same period last year.
A senior Iranian journalist and commentator says the Syrian army must fire missiles at Riyadh and Abu Dhabi in retaliation for the airstrikes on Syria conducted by a US-led coalition supported by Saudis and Emiratis.
A senior Iranian cleric has called on Saudi clergymen and Muslim scholars to fulfil their religious obligation by warning the novice rulers of Saudi Arabia against making provocative decisions about regional issues.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed as baseless the accusations levelled against the country in a recent statement by the Arab Quartet Committee.
A senior Iranian commentator says Saudi Arabia has spent a hefty amount of money to purchase the US-made cutting-edge patriot missiles but what it has received cannot intercept the missiles fired by Yemen’s Ansarullah fighters at the Kingdom.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the current rulers of Saudi Arabia have turned themselves into symbols of aggression and crime in the Middle East.
The latest move by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to recognize Israel as a state has been described as the climax of the three-year covert and secret relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, which can lead to the creation of an anti-Israel coalition by the Islamic states.
Ambitious Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been at the centre of media attention for quite some time now due to his unexpected behaviour and comments.
Reports suggest that some Arab countries backed by the US and Saudi Arabia are trying to bring Syria back to the Arab League, a move which could be seen as part of the “soft policy” adopted by Washington and its regional allies.
Yemenis from all walks of life have held rallies and issued separate statements vehemently condemning the abuse of a Yemeni woman by a Sudanese mercenary in western al-Hudaydah province.
The Arab countries that imposed a blockade on Qatar have asked Doha to give up its right to host the football world cup in 2022 in exchange for lifting of the siege, a Qatari official claimed.
Senior Advisor to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Hossein Amir Abdollahian has lashed out at the remarks made by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, who called Iran and Turkey “evil” states.
Jeremy Corbyn has called on Prime Minister Theresa May to protest Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen during the visit of the kingdom’s crown prince to London.