Iran Says Saudi Visit Aimed To Refute US Claims -- New York Times/APTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A rare visit by Iran's intelligence chief to Saudi Arabia sought to refute U.S. claims that Tehran planned to kill the kingdom's ambassador to Washington, a senior Iranian official said Wednesday.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Iran also wanted to convince Saudi Arabia that the U.S. and Israel are seeking to sow seeds of discord between the two regional powers.
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My Comment: If these claims against Iran were false .... the Iranian intelligence chief would not have even bothered flying to Saudi Arabia. The problem (for the Iranians) is that both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia believe very strongly that Iranian threats against them were (and are) real .... and are now starting to formulate a strategy to counter Iranian rogue elements conducting operations against them. I suspect that his trip to Saudi Arabia is nothing more but an attempt to placate these concerns, and to do so personally.
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