Teresa Welsh, US News and World Report: The Middle East Blame Game
Iran and other members of the Arab world differ on who's at fault for the region's turmoil.
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif over the weekend blamed Saudi Arabia for destabilizing the Middle East – an accusation shot right back at Tehran by Arab League countries who said the Islamic Republic was responsible for “sowing sectarian strife.”
Zarif, writing Sunday in The New York Times, said Saudi Arabia has been responsible for increasing confrontation in the region out of fear that Iran’s normalizing ties with the rest of the world would expose Riyadh's "active sponsorship of violent extremism." He said last year’s completion of a deal to curb his country’s nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief brought the hope that nations would be free to focus on “the serious challenge of extremism that is ravaging our region – and the world.”
Commentary And Analysis On The Iranian - Saudi Conflict
The Saudi-Iran Rupture: an unsettling but not insurmountable development -- Amin Saikal, The Age
How The Latest Saudi-Iran Feud Will Impact The Entire Middle East -- Nick Robins-Early, Huffington Post
What’s Really Behind the Saudi-Iran Clash? -- David Patrikarakos, Daily Beast
What Would a Saudi-Iran War Look Like? Don't look now, but it is already here -- Thomas Ricks, FP
On Iran-Saudi rift, Gulf Arab states tread with caution -- Tom Finn, Reuters
Yemen Is the Latest Victim of the Increase in Iran-Saudi Arabia Tension -- Jared Malsin, Time
Oman Stuck Between Saudi Arabia and Iran -- Giorgio Cafiero, Al-Monitor
Pakistan Is Caught in the Middle of the Conflict Between Iran and Saudi Arabia -- Omar Waraich, Time
Iran-Saudi Arabia tensions complicate road ahead for U.S. -- Rebecca Kaplan, CBS
The Loser of the Cold War Between Iran and Saudi Arabia May Be Obama -- Jonathan Broder, Newsweek
