The Power Behind the Iran War: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly played a behind-the-scenes role supporting the U.S. and Israel’s military campaign against Iran.

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WATCH: While covering the latest Israeli "settler" attack in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers assaulted CNN photojournalist Cyril Theophilos and detained the CNN team.

Turkish Intelligence (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın:

Of course, Iran's attacks on Gulf countries are unacceptable, but we must never forget who the main actor that started the war is.

Therefore, we must increase the pressure on Israel, focusing on the actor who initiated the war, and strive to prevent this conflict from turning into a regional war and a global crisis.

Turkish Intelligence (MIT) Director İbrahim Kalın on Iran negotiations:

We see that Israel, which has sabotaged every negotiation effort and every attempt to open a channel of dialogue and communication since the war began—just as it did before the war—has been in an intense effort to sabotage and frustrate these initiatives with the attacks it has carried out over the last two days.

Iranian President Pezeshkian:

We have been attacked twice during negotiations, and now we are witnessing targeting of energy infrastructure despite Washington’s promises.

Bombing infrastructure and assassinating Iranian figures show that the aggressors cannot be trusted.

Iranian President Pezeshkian:

It is unfortunate that the territories of some Muslim countries are being used to attack Iran.

The Zionist entity intends to expand the war to countries in the region, and these countries must be cautious.

A source from Pakistan to FT:

The Saudi pact is becoming a problem for us.

It was supposed to be cash for deterrence.

But we’ve not gotten any new Saudi investments, and deterrence failed.

Qatar and Ukraine have signed an agreement on the interception of missiles and drones.

Trump has told aides he wants to avoid a “forever war” and pursue a negotiated exit, urging them to emphasize his publicly stated four-to-six-week timeline for the conflict.

Source: Reuters

Keir Starmer finally hits back at Trump’s remarks:

A lot of what Trump said is designed to put pressure on me to change my mind and to get dragged into this war.

I am the British Prime Minister, and I act in the British national interest.

A man was arrested early Saturday as he tried to ignite a homemade explosive outside a Bank of America branch in Paris’s 8th district.

Police officers already on site stopped him before the device detonated.

The suspect said he was paid €600 via Snapchat to carry out the attack and was dropped off by car.

Source: Le Parisien

The views of Haluk Bayraktar, CEO of Baykar—the world’s largest drone exporter—on Ukraine’s drone industry:

Amid the full-scale war, Ukraine has demonstrated extraordinary innovation: from fiber-optic & AI-enhanced FPVs that evade EW jamming, to interceptor drones, deep-strike operations, and scaled up to millions of units annually.

JD Vance on Iran:

We are not interested in being in Iran a year down the road, two years down the road.

We are taking care of business, we are going to be out of there soon, and gas prices will come back down.

Source: Benny Johnson

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf:

The Israeli military chief warned, “I'm raising 10 red flags ... the IDF will collapse into itself.”

By escalating tensions and attacking Iran’s industrial infrastructure, the criminal Zionist regime is attempting to ignore these warnings and restore the confidence of its corrupt cabinet and army.

Instead, Iran's fierce response will accelerate this ongoing collapse.

An Azerbaijani man in Tabriz, whose home was destroyed in airstrikes, addresses Trump:

You won't be able to do shit, Trump. We will be victorious in the end.

Emirates Global Aluminium said its Al Taweelah facility in Abu Dhabi suffered significant damage from Iranian missile and drone attacks.

Several employees were injured, but none of the injuries are life-threatening.

The site includes a major aluminium smelter and alumina refinery.