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February 25, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.643836

Saudis Fear "Bad Deal" with Iran

(Ha'aretz) Oded Eran and Yoel Guzansky - No less concerned about a "bad deal" with Iran is Saudi Arabia. In the last few years, some of the most senior Saudi princes have said that if Tehran is granted the "right" to enrich uranium, Riyadh should explore obtaining its own nuclear capability. The Saudis fear that no matter what terms are agreed upon, Iran will emerge victorious, and that any agreement will recognize the Islamic Republic as a nuclear threshold state. Even if no final agreement is signed, the Saudis fear the negotiations themselves have placed its regional rival on a par with the world's leading superpowers. Oded Eran, Israel's former ambassador to Jordan and the EU, is a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. Yoel Guzansky, a senior research fellow at INSS, is a former Iran Coordinator in Israel's National Security Council.

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