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Source: https://jcpa.org/why-did-saudi-arabia-change-its-orientation-to-iran-and-the-west/
Why Did Saudi Arabia Change Its Orientation to Iran and the West?
(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - Saudi Arabia, the leader of the Sunni world, has signed an agreement to renew diplomatic relations with Iran, the leader of the Shiite world, through the mediation of China. The political echelon in Israel assesses that Saudi Arabia took this step to bring a quick end to the war in Yemen that has been going on since 2015, and because Saudi Arabia fears a significant reduction in American involvement in the Middle East. The Saudi crown prince concluded that the Biden administration would not protect him from Iranian attacks, nor would it prevent Iran from arming itself with nuclear weapons in the future. Israeli intelligence estimates that the agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran will not last long, since it is impossible to bridge their religious and ideological differences. In addition, there is no indication that Iran intends to stop its policy of spreading the ideological doctrines of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and Iran's expansion in the Middle East through establishing Iranian cadres in Arab countries.