Iran's Reaction to Adel al-Jubeir's Remarks: Saudi Arabia is the Most Notable Supporter of Terrorism in the World

The spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry reacted to the remarks of Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir at the United Nations General Assembly, where he accused the Islamic Republic of 'terrorist activities' in the region, calling Saudi Arabia 'the most notable supporter of terrorism in the world.' According to the IRNA news agency, Bahram Qasemi emphasized on Saturday, October 7, that the 'roots and origins of terrorism' in the world and the region 'lie nowhere but in Saudi Arabia and the extremist thoughts that are propagated, promoted, and financed by this regime.' Adel al-Jubeir had accused the Islamic Republic of 'terrorist activities' and 'destabilizing the region' during his speech at the UN General Assembly on Friday. He stressed that 'establishing peace in the Middle East requires confronting Iran.' Previously, during a meeting in New York, al-Jubeir had sharply criticized the policies of the Islamic Republic, stating that 'Iran has no role in the Arab world, except to exit it.' Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have soured in recent years following conflicts in Yemen and Syria, with analysts discussing the proxy war between the two countries in some regional countries. The U.S. withdrawal from the JCPOA and reports of increased oil production by Saudi Arabia after U.S. sanctions against Iran to control the oil market are also among the new grounds for conflict between the two countries. Meanwhile, Yemeni Shiite rebels targeted two Saudi oil tankers in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in August, causing Saudi Arabia to temporarily halt oil exports from this strait. Following this incident, Nasser Shabani, head of the Security and Defense Research Center at Imam Hussein University, controversially stated on August 15 that the Islamic Republic had asked the Yemeni rebels to attack the two Saudi oil tankers, and they did so. After the attack on the military parade in Ahvaz, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces and the Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened Saudi Arabia and the UAE with 'revenge.' The U.S., UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israel have denied Iran's claims of involvement in the Ahvaz attack. Before the Ahvaz attack, the Fars news agency, close to the IRGC, released a video showing an animated missile attack by Iran on Israel and Saudi Arabia, which was shortly replaced by another video without mentioning city names. In this context, Iran once again warned the U.S. about the Strait of Hormuz.