The effort to foster diplomatic ties between Israel and the Arab world will ultimately fail, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said in an interview that aired Sunday, calling the normalization push little more than a charade perpetrated by Washington.
In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Mr. Raisi shot down the narrative that fears over Iran’s malign influence in the Middle East and its perceived pursuit of nuclear weapons are drawing Israel and some of its traditional Arab foes together.
The prospect of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be seen as a significant blow to Iran’s influence. While downplaying the prospects for Israel and Saudi Arabia normalization, Mr. Raisi also specifically blasted the Abraham Accords brokered by former President Donald Trump.
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