SAUDI ARABIA WANTS NUKES TO BATTLE IRAN

Riyadh has announced it is contemplating the possibility of arming itself with nuclear weapons to counteract Iran´s nuclear development and potential threats, teleSUR and Xinhua news agency reported.

"It is definitely an option. If Iran becomes a nuclear power, more countries will follow its example," said Saudi Arabia's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Yubeir, in a recent interview with the German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).

Although Iran has repeatedly clarified that it has never sought and will never seek to build nuclear weapons, al-Yubeir insisted that his country reserves the right to possess these weapons under the pretext of protecting the security of the Arab kingdom. "Saudi Arabia has made it very clear that it will do everything possible to protect its people and protect its territories," he added.

Trump, a close ally of the Saudi regime, has maintained a harsh policy of sanctions against Iran in recent years, mostly since the US abandoned the nuclear deal - officially named the Comprehensive Joint Action Plan (CJAP) - in May 2018, while secretly providing "highly sensitive nuclear technology" to Riyadh. In early August 2020, the New York Times reported that Riyadh is building a nuclear site on Saudi territory to process uranium and develop nuclear weapons.

Al-Yubeir defended the current sanctions imposed by the current US administration, headed by Donald Trump, against Iran, for its nuclear program, claiming that "the Iranians have only responded under pressure." However, the Saudi minister did not clarify the Saudi rulers' position given the possible changes that US president-elect Joe Biden, could carry out concerning the Iranian nuclear case and limited himself to respond: "We will have to consider it."