Tara Kavaler
Unless Tehran transforms its foreign policy, any rapprochement will be marginal, experts say
Significant improvement in the relationship between Riyadh and Tehran remains a distant possibility, despite a change in approach by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toward Iran and clandestine meetings between the rival nations’ representatives in Iraq, analysts say.
Appearing on Saudi television on Tuesday, Prince Mohammed, commonly known as MbS, did, however, take a different approach than in the past.
“In the end, Iran is a neighboring country; we all aspire to establish a good and distinguished relationship with Iran,” he said.
The interview falls in the context of unpublicized meetings between Saudi Arabia and Iran in Iraq, which began on April 9, according to the Financial Times.