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The US-Saudi nuclear deal: Don’t settle, renegotiate - opinion

Once Washington greenlights nuclear fuel-making for Saudi Arabia, the spread won’t stop there. Iran will want to follow suit, which could lead to the UAE and Abu Dhabi wanting in on it, too.

US President Donald Trump, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia and Elon Musk pose with others for a family picture during the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, November 19, 2025.
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as he arrives at the Bestepe Presidential Compound during a formal welcome for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, July 7, 2026.

Has Israel been sidelined as the new regional order is being written? - opinion

Smoke rises following an explosion in Tehran amid the war with Iran, March 7, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone.

Saudi Arabia launched secret attacks on Iran during Operation Epic Fury

US President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia interact during the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, US, November 19, 2025.

Saudi Arabia asks US to end Hormuz blockade amid worries of possible Houthi retaliation - WSJ


Strange bedfellows: Saudi Arabia moves toward Hamas

For Saudi Arabia, it is an opportunity to become the regional leader of a moderate Sunni bloc also supported at least quietly by Israel, which also strongly opposes the Iran nuclear deal.

Saudi King Salman

Time for open Israel-Saudi relations

The Iran nuclear deal has dramatically shifted Middle Eastern geopolitical tectonic plates, and has heralded a new reality in which Sunni Arabs need Israel more than ever.

Saudi King Salman

I'm worried - are you?

The Jerusalem Post

Coping with an ascendant Tehran

The Saudis will try their best to counter Iran’s power projection.

Saudi artillerymen at the border with Yemen fire at Houthi positions

Report: Iran furious at Hamas' warming ties with Saudis, cancels delegation's visit to Tehran

Huffington Post Arabic quotes sources as saying Khaled Mashaal's visit to the Kingdom deeply angered Iranian leadership.

Khaled Mashaal

Analysis: Saudi outreach to Hamas part of wider effort against Iran

By building ties with Hamas, Riyadh might reduce tensions with Brotherhood allies and make it harder for Iran to present itself as the region's main defender of Palestinian resistance.

Saudi King Salman

US moves quickly to codify Iran deal at UN

Former Saudi intelligence chief says pact will ‘wreak havoc’ in Middle East.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif as he prepares to leave the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, on July 14, 2015, after the European Union, United States, and the rest of its P5+1 partners reached agreement on a plan to prevent Iran from obtai

Saudi FM warns Tehran: We won't stand still over Iran's intervention in region

On visit to Egypt, Adel Al-Jubeir calls on Iran to "stop supporting terrorism."

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir

Nonproliferation

A report by the UK’s Sunday Times that the Saudis have reached out to its ally Pakistan to acquire “off-the-shelf” atomic weapons is hardly surprising under the circumstances.

US President Barack Obama meets with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef  in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington May 13, 2015.

Obama meets top royals in lieu of Saudi King's attendance of regional summit

The absence of King Salman is viewed as a reflection of frustration with Obama's pursuit of a nuclear deal with Iran and a perceived US failure to support opposition fighters in Syria

US President Barack Obama  and First Lady Michelle Obama meet members of the Saudi royal family, government officials and guests