a military conflict i had all of the presidential elections 2021 the lack of a consistent strategy i mean you know. thanks so much to all of you as well for being here today suzanne if we could start with you you re just back from around r r from saudi arabia rather are people in that country worried about an attack by iran by a war in the region they are definitely i mean there is a war going on in the country in the south in yemen since 4 years and 6 months. they don t see so much of this war but this is definitely a repeat question which goes straight directly to the heart of the of the country they see that there is destabilization in syria in iraq all around so they really fear that this could come to that this could strike the country destabilize the country. what about iran you know the fears of the stabilisation in the wider regional president we just heard in saudi arabia is that an issue for the people of
allied troops in yemen responsible for the killing civilians it s assassinated a journalist. suppresses of course women and as a world leader in executions so many are asking why should the west be allied with saudi arabia. the world has a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of this region to ensure and to deter iran from engaging in aggressive behavior by saudi arabia and so some aggressive the journalist jamal khashoggi lived in exile in the u.s. and was mad visiting the saudi embassy in turkey his remains were never found saudi crown prince mohammed bin suspected to be deniable for his killing. saudi arabia is also not wrestling in yemen the country has become the battlefield on which saudi arabia and iran wage a proxy war for regional dominance armed with weapons from the west they re shown
understand it s a regime that predominantly bears responsibility for the economic situation so it s a very difficult situation for the regime and it s not and what has not happened so far which is that actually people will be killed or you know were killed so if this happens maybe we re going to see some riling around the flight in fact ok as well u.k. so far the rally around around the flag effect though is leading to support for the regime rick what are the u.s. is larger strategic interests right now we heard about the sanctions and how they re affecting people in iran is it the desire to strictly stay with the sanctions regime and avoid a military conflict well so far it seems that way you have to remember that donald trump is in a trade war with with china he very much is thinking about this and how this might be impacting his reelection chance. as in 2020 and he is sure and said himself that
a duty to. no responsible government should subsidize. iran bloodless. it s also a war of words between donald trump and iran s president rouhani team the enemy has chosen a path that he calls economic war but is in fact an act of economic terrorism against the nation that s out rouhani responded at a military parade in toronto but the threat of a real and devastating war is still imminent and both sides will the persian gulf erupt. ali is the iranian president right is america engage in economic terrorism against iran well this is what his foreign minister was also a calling economic sanctions against iran by the united states and i think i mean it s part of the iranian p.r. to you know counter that kind of move by the u.s. by using such harsh language on the other hand of course there is
destabilisation of the persian gulf region and also this latest attack on the saudi oil refinery just shows how much iran is still convinced that trump doesn t seek war there s speculation that the attack on the saudi oil facilities was in direct response to the attack allegedly by israel they did not confirm or deny on a militia arms depo in iraq that was armed or supplied with weapons from iran do you think that s possible well this is one of the narratives that we have besides the you know the yemen who theater rubbles narrative and this particular narrative sounds that against the backdrop of israeli attacks in august against iranian allied shia militia. the mobile is a. forces and this particular attack by the israelis was financed by the saudis so this is one kind of narrative that we have this is why the saudi or rough refinery was a target as a response again this is a way to have a low level kind of