Iran's warnings to Saudi Arabia are 'ridiculous,' Saudi's Al-Jubeir says
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir attends a press event with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the State Department on January 12, 2018 in Washington, DC.Iran's recent warnings to Saudi Arabia are "ridiculous" and "laughable" Saudi minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir told CNBC amid ongoing investigations by the kingdom tying Iran to a major attack on its oil facilities.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said in an interview Friday that he hoped to avoid conflict, but that Iran was prepared for "all-out war" in the event of attack by Saudi or U.S. forces. He then questioned whether Saudi Arabia was ready to fight "to the last American soldier." "This is not the first time Iran's foreign minister has said something ridiculous and frankly laughable," he told CNBC's Hadley Gamble in Riyadh on Saturday.
His comments come amid a state of heightened tension between Saudi Arabia, Iran and the U.S. following drone and missile attacks on two Saudi oil facilities a week ago. The attacks, claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels, shut down half of Saudi Arabia's oil production.
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