The Saudis are being cautious about the Iran nuclear deal . They are not condemning it outright . There is a reason for that . The deal makes it easy to keep an eye on Iran and it binds Iran to a contract which can bring more sanctions if it breaks it .
Such deals have been western stardard foreign policy since decades . Saudis know that unless Hezbollah is neutralized militarily or at least is used for Israeli purposes this deal cannot get approved in US house , even though this understanding will always be secret . The only way Iran can get deal passed is that at least one party that is Saudis and Israelis give a positive nod . I do not see Iran taking on Israel anymore , it has cooperated with USA covertly many many times before starting from 1988.
The only worry for saudis is the money available , additional 100 to 200 billion dollars to Iran , Sunnis rightly believe that timing of deal was to give direct money to Tehran as its ally Russia can no longer fund it on US behest . Obama as predicted by me is playing a dangerous game which can lead not to laurels but his impeachment if world comes to know what really happened in Abottabad ,according to some.
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Iran warned against any misadventure
WASHINGTON: Iran should use a nuclear deal agreed this week with six world powers to improve its economy, and not to pursue “adventures” in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday.
“We hope that ... if the deal is implemented that the Iranians will use this deal in order to improve the economic situation in Iran and to improve the lot of its people ... and not use it for adventures in the region,” Al-Jubeir said after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
“If Iran should try to cause mischief in the region, we’re committed to confront it resolutely,” he said.
Al-Jubeir stressed the importance of inspections to verify Iran is complying and the “snapback” of sanctions if it is found to be cheating.
Kerry said he would brief GCC members in Doha on Aug. 3.
Meanwhile, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a former ambassador to the US, has said in an opinion piece for Elaph newspaper that the US moved forward with the deal despite predictions of the situation developing into a North Korean-style scenario.
In a column published by the London-based Arabic news website Elaph, the former chief of intelligence said the nuclear deal “will wreak havoc in the Middle East,” a region already plagued by major conflicts.
“Serious pundits in the media and in politics say that President Obama’s Iran deal is ‘dj vu’ in relation to President Clinton’s North Korean nuclear deal.”
President Clinton’s decision was based on strategic foreign policy analysts, top secret national intelligence, and the desire “to save the people of North Korea from starvation,” wrote Prince Bandar, in reference to the 1994 “Agreed Framework” between North Korea and the US that aimed to freeze the country’s nuclear power program. The agreement broke down in 2003 when North Korea announced its withdrawal from the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“I am convinced more than any other time that my good friend, the magnificent old fox Henry Kissinger, was correct when he said ‘America’s enemies should fear America, but America’s friends should fear America more’,” wrote Prince Bandar, quoting the former US secretary of state and Nobel Peace Prize winner who served under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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Such deals have been western stardard foreign policy since decades . Saudis know that unless Hezbollah is neutralized militarily or at least is used for Israeli purposes this deal cannot get approved in US house , even though this understanding will always be secret . The only way Iran can get deal passed is that at least one party that is Saudis and Israelis give a positive nod . I do not see Iran taking on Israel anymore , it has cooperated with USA covertly many many times before starting from 1988.
The only worry for saudis is the money available , additional 100 to 200 billion dollars to Iran , Sunnis rightly believe that timing of deal was to give direct money to Tehran as its ally Russia can no longer fund it on US behest . Obama as predicted by me is playing a dangerous game which can lead not to laurels but his impeachment if world comes to know what really happened in Abottabad ,according to some.
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Iran warned against any misadventure

WASHINGTON: Iran should use a nuclear deal agreed this week with six world powers to improve its economy, and not to pursue “adventures” in the Middle East, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir said on Thursday.
“We hope that ... if the deal is implemented that the Iranians will use this deal in order to improve the economic situation in Iran and to improve the lot of its people ... and not use it for adventures in the region,” Al-Jubeir said after a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry.
“If Iran should try to cause mischief in the region, we’re committed to confront it resolutely,” he said.
Al-Jubeir stressed the importance of inspections to verify Iran is complying and the “snapback” of sanctions if it is found to be cheating.
Kerry said he would brief GCC members in Doha on Aug. 3.
Meanwhile, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, a former ambassador to the US, has said in an opinion piece for Elaph newspaper that the US moved forward with the deal despite predictions of the situation developing into a North Korean-style scenario.
In a column published by the London-based Arabic news website Elaph, the former chief of intelligence said the nuclear deal “will wreak havoc in the Middle East,” a region already plagued by major conflicts.
“Serious pundits in the media and in politics say that President Obama’s Iran deal is ‘dj vu’ in relation to President Clinton’s North Korean nuclear deal.”
President Clinton’s decision was based on strategic foreign policy analysts, top secret national intelligence, and the desire “to save the people of North Korea from starvation,” wrote Prince Bandar, in reference to the 1994 “Agreed Framework” between North Korea and the US that aimed to freeze the country’s nuclear power program. The agreement broke down in 2003 when North Korea announced its withdrawal from the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
“I am convinced more than any other time that my good friend, the magnificent old fox Henry Kissinger, was correct when he said ‘America’s enemies should fear America, but America’s friends should fear America more’,” wrote Prince Bandar, quoting the former US secretary of state and Nobel Peace Prize winner who served under former presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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