'Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are simply too distrustful of one another to build a durable partnership. Still, China has scored an unambiguous diplomatic victory,' TomRtweets writes.
China has brokered an agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Two nations will reopen their respective embassies within two months and pursue trust-building measures. The detente is unlikely to last long, however. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are simply too distrustful of one another to build a durable partnership.
Mohammed bin Salman is seeking major U.S. concessions in return for establishing formal diplomatic relations with Israel. By reaching this agreement via Beijing, with which Riyadh already has warm relations, the de facto Saudi ruler knows he will trigger alarm bells in Washington. Today's U.S. foreign policy priority, after all, is the alignment of partners against China. This accord allows bin Salman to not so subtly hint that the U.S.
For Iran, Saudi Arabia represents a historic nemesis characterized by arrogance and immorality. For the Iranian hardliners who generally drive Iran's foreign policy, the 7th century Battle of Karbala remains an enduring source of, and ideological requirement for, hate toward the Saudis. That battle saw the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali and his Shia followers at the hands of the Sunni Umayyad Caliphate.
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