Iran denies links to Saudi-busted ‘terror cell’
Prospects of a Saudi-Iran deescalation appear dimmer as the two sides have entered a fresh episode in their war of words.
Tehran rejected allegations from Riyadh over a “busted terror cell” that the kingdom says has been nurtured by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh dismissed the accusations as “an old and worthless scenario” that came “in continuum” of similar Saudi claims against Iran in recent years.
Saudi officials announced on Monday the confiscation of weapons from the cell and the arrest of 10 of its members, some of whom received IRGC training inside Iran back in 2017. The Iranian spokesperson said those statements indicated that the Saudi government has “given up political rationality” and advised Saudi officials “to take the path of honesty and wisdom.”
