Saudi Arabia Expels Iranian Diplomats Amid Regional Tensions
Saudi Arabia has expelled Iranian diplomats from the Kingdom, citing the Iranian government's alleged support for Houthi attacks on Saudi territory. This diplomatic rupture, first reported by outlets like RT, comes as tensions escalate in the region, with Riyadh linking recent drone and missile strikes to Iranian backing for the Ansarullah movement in Yemen. Let's follow the trail: Mainstream
Western outlets, including The New York Times, have largely presented Saudi Arabia's expulsion of Iranian diplomats as a justifiable reaction to cross-border attacks, focusing on the immediate kinetic events. This framing omits the persistent US-Israeli strategy of isolating Iran and manufacturing consent for aggressive postures. It neglects the economic devastation inflicted upon Yemen by the
Saudi-led coalition, armed and supported by the US, which has fueled the Houthi response for years. The human cost of this conflict, including the continued starvation and displacement of millions in Yemen, routinely falls outside the scope of such reports, reducing a multi-layered proxy war into a simple act of Iranian belligerence. The current diplomatic maneuvering is not isolated but rather
deeply embedded in a decades-long policy aimed at weakening Iran. The US has continuously leveraged regional conflicts and sectarian divisions to maintain military presence and arms sales, which amounted to over $18 billion in sales to Saudi Arabia between 2015 and 2020 alone. This policy echoes the 1983-88 period when the United States notably shared intelligence and tacitly supported Iraq in its