REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said a war between his country and Iran would be the beginning of a catastrophe, and Riyadh will not allow it, British magazine The Economist reported on Thursday (7/1).
"It is something that we do not foresee at all, and whoever is pushing towards that is somebody who is not in their right mind," it quoted him as saying in an interview. “It will reflect very strongly on the rest of the world. For sure we will not allow any such thing.”
Previously, Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday (3/1) after protesters ransacked its embassy in Tehran to protest the execution of a Shia cleric whose killing has sparked fury.
The diplomatic fallout come as Iran's supreme leader said Saudi Arabia would face quick consequences for executing Shaikh Nimr Al Nimr, and as Washington urged regional leaders to soothe escalating sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims.
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