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A Saudi View of Iran
(Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists) Dan Drollette, Jr. - Prince Turki al-Faisal, a senior member of the Saudi royal family, was a Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and UK, and served as head of the Saudi General Intelligence Directorate for more than 20 years. He said in an interview: "We're the ones who suffer from Iran's politics and policies. If you look at the whole range of Iranian interference, you look at Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, Yemen, there's a whole host of problems for us, with Iran being the initiator and the instigator and the inciter of instability and negative issues in the area." "The Iranian people are the most delightful people you can meet. And particularly across the Gulf in the Arab world there is respect and admiration for Iranian culture and historic achievements....[But] the leadership in Iran is the one that has pushed the Iranian people into the position they are today....Look at the elections in 2009 when Ahmadinejad was running for his second term. There was then what could have been called the Iranian Spring. But the regime vehemently oppressed it, and many people lost their lives. Many people are sitting in jail. The movement's leaders are still under house arrest....Things are not settled in Iran. There is popular anti-regime sentiment everywhere."