Source: ET
A powerful Iranian general has been quoted suggesting that Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince is so “impatient” he may kill his own father to claim the throne, Associated Press reports.His comments come as Saudi Arabia conducts naval drills in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Unforgiving rhetoric has been common between the two countries since January. However, the remarks by the Revolutionary Guards General Qassem Soleimani’s take things to an entirely different level by suggesting regicide. Soleimani made the comments late on Wednesday at a mourning ceremony for an Iranian general killed in Syria, The Fars and Tasnimnews agencies report. Relations between majority Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia went downhill after the January 2 ransacking of the Saudi embassy in Tehran and the Saudi consulate in Mashhad.
Categories: Asia, Iran, Saudi Arabia
may be wishful thinking… It could also happen that other princes overthrow the King to get rid of this Crown Prince, who pushes for war – and therefore waste of cash.