DECRYPTION – Tehran is particularly concerned about Saudi-Israeli normalization, shortly after reconnecting with Riyadh.
The risk is considered serious enough for the highest Iranian leaders to raise their voices. Twice in ten days, Ebrahim Raïssi, the president of the Islamic Republic, criticized Arab countries seeking to normalize their relations with Israel, Tehran’s sworn enemy. On Tuesday, the supreme leader and number one of the regime, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, affirmed that these countries “will be the losers (because) they bet on the wrong horse”. Given the intensification of contacts – via the United States – between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, everyone understood that Iran was targeting the Saudi kingdom, with which Tehran renewed diplomatic relations six months ago, after six years of estrangement.
“The normalization of relations with the Zionist regime(Israel, according to official Iranian vernacular, Editor’s note) is a reactionary and regressive act for any government in the Muslim world.declared Sunday Ebrahim Raïssi, adding that “the solution to the enemy is not…