Despite Riyadh Tone Change, Iran-Saudi Ties Seen Likely to Stay Rocky
Tara Kavaler Unless Tehran transforms its foreign policy, any rapprochement will be marginal, experts say Significant improvement in the relationship between Riyadh and Tehran remains a distant possibility, despite a change in approach by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toward Iran and clandestine meetings between the rival nations’ representatives in Iraq, analysts say. Appearing on Saudi television on Tuesday, Prince Mohammed, commonly known as MbS, did, however, take a different approach than in the past. “In the end, Iran is a neighboring country; we all aspire to establish a ...