Is Iran really planning to attack Saudi Arabia?
Saudi officials have shared intelligence information with the US warning of an imminent attack from Iran on targets in the kingdom
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The United States is concerned about threats from Iran against Saudi Arabia and will not hesitate to respond if necessary, a White House spokesperson said on Tuesday.
"We are concerned about the threat picture, and we remain in constant contact through military and intelligence channels with the Saudis," said the spokesperson from the National Security Council. "We will not hesitate to act in the defense of our interests and partners in the region."
In this regard, the Qatari network, Al Jazeera wrote that Saudi Arabia, the United States and neighboring countries have put their military forces on full alert.
The mainstream media reported that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States have shared information indicating Iran may attack the kingdom or other nations in the region sometime soon, leading Washington and Riyadh to adjust their military posture.
On the other hand, Saudi authorities say that Iran is not only planning to attack Saudi Arabia, but also Erbil in Iraq will be the target of the IRGC's attacks, according to a report in Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
While the Wall Street Journal states that Iran's aim behind the attack is to distract local public opinion and the international community from the protests in Iran, which is now entering its seventh week, Tehran says the reason for its action is Saudi Arabia's provocations and interference in its internal affairs.
Saudi interference has been through TV channels, including the "Iran International", electronic flies of the Crown Prince who incite protests and pursue their desired goals in Iran by distorting the realities of the Iranian society under the guise of defending women. This is while the women and people of Saudi Arabia are deprived of the basic rights such as voting.
Also, in these statements, Tehran cites the words of the Saudi crown prince, who in 2016 said "We are taking the war into the streets of Tehran and Iran," when the Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran during a demonstration against the execution of prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.
Saudi Arabia's warning about Iran's intention to attack places in the region and the subsequent position of the US National Security Council's spokesperson in support of Saudi Arabia takes place at a time when Iran already in September attacked the Iraqi Kurdistan region with dozens of ballistic missiles and explosive drones, in order to distract public opinion from focusing on the current internal unrest in the country.
Tehran has accused the Kurdish parties based in Iraqi Kurdistan of fueling the unrest in Iran. Iranian officials have also accused Saudi Arabia, the United States and Israel for fueling these demonstrations.
Earlier, Hossein Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, considered the protests to be the result of the activities of the Persian media working from abroad and drew a line for Saudi Arabia and said: "I warn the Saudi regime to be careful with your activities and control this media, otherwise it's smoke will get into your eyes."
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