Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched a fierce attack against regional rival Saudi Arabia, saying it was being pumped “like a milking cow” by “infidel” Americans.
“The Americans have said, they are just there to pump them for money like a milking cow, and later slaughter them,” Khamenei said in his statement on the advent of Ramazan.
During a visit by President Donald Trump to Riyadh on May 21, Saudi Arabia agreed to buy $110 billion of US weapons and signed investment deals worth billions more.
Sunni-led Saudi Arabia and Shia-majority Iran are on opposing sides in a number of regional conflicts, including in Syria and Yemen.
Trump sought to boost an anti-Iran alliance of Arab powers during his trip — but the visit was dismissed as a “show with no practical or political value” by Iran’s newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani. (AFP)
