Saudi Arabia Weighing Response to Iran Plot
Saudi foreign minister Prince Saud al-Faisal to reporters to "wait and see" how the kingdom would react to Iran's assassination plot.
By Gavriel Queenann
First Publish: 10/14/2011, 2:47 PM
Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it was 'weighing its response' to an Iranian plot to assassinate its ambassador in Washington, the Kingdom’s official SPA news agency reported. "The kingdom, for its part, is considering decisive measures and steps it would take in this regard to stop these criminal actions..." SPA quoted security sources as saying of Iran's "outrageous assassination plot." Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal took a more nuanced position, saying the kingdom would have a ‘measured response' after an event that has inflamed tensions between the Persian Gulf rivals. "We hold them [Iran] accountable for any action they take against us," Prince Saud said in Vienna, where he was discussing opening a religious dialogue centre. "Any action they take against us will have a measured response from Saudi Arabia."