These Are The Saudi Weapons That Iran Should Fear

Saudi security forces march during a parade in preparation for the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in April 2012. PHOTO: MOHAMMED SALEM/COURTESY REUTERS

Dave Majumdar, National Interest: 5 Saudi Weapons of War Iran Should Fear

With tensions flaring between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the specter of a war between the two powers is once again on the rise.

In recent days, Saudi Arabia has severed diplomatic ties with Tehran after Riyadh’s embassy was set ablaze on Saturday by an angry mob. The protesters were enraged after Saudi Arabia executed forty-seven prisoners—including a top Shia cleric by the name of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr. The cleric—who had been arrested several times—often called for the Eastern Province to secede from the kingdom.

WNU Editor: These weapons are not helping Saudi Arabia in its war against the Houthis in Yemen .... why should they succeed against Iran?