Saudi Arabia's deputy crown prince said Tuesday in a rare and wide-ranging interview that there is no space for dialogue with rival Iran due to its Shiite ambitions "to control the Islamic world." Ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been strained since Iran's 1979 revolution, with each side competing to be the more powerful force in the Muslim world. Saudi Arabia's execution of a local Shiite cleric sparked the ransacking of the Saudi Embassy in Iran by protesters. "We know we are a main target of Iran," Prince Mohammed said. "We are not waiting until there becomes a battle in Saudi Arabia, so we will work so that it becomes a battle for them in Iran and not in Saudi Arabia."

Source: ABC News May 02, 2017 19:08 UTC