The United States urged calm, and Saudi Arabia directly replied that it didn't care what the United States thought.

The problem refers to the breaking of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran at the beginning of 20 16.

2065438+At the beginning of 2006, Saudi Arabia announced the execution of a number of "terrorists", including Shiite religious figure Namr. This news angered Iran, which is also a Shiite. A group of Iranians rushed into the Saudi embassy in Iran and wreaked havoc. Saudi Arabia announced the breaking of diplomatic relations with Iran. Since then, the United States has called on Saudi Arabia to handle it calmly, but Saudi Arabia retorted that it doesn't care what the United States thinks.

In fact, the problem of disharmony between Saudi Arabia and Iran has a long history. In the long run, Sunnis in Saudi Arabia and Shiites in Iran have accused each other of being "heretics", and religious conflicts have lasted for thousands of years. Recently, due to the unfreezing of Iranian oil sanctions, Iranian oil hit the market, resulting in a sharp drop in income of oil-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia due to low oil prices.

Second, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States has also changed. Because the United States needs to maintain the petrodollar system and Saudi Arabia's help to maintain the "balance" in the Middle East. In particular, Saudi Arabia is now the most powerful country in the Arab world, and it is impossible for the United States to re-establish a new agent in the short term, so Saudi Arabia can say no to the United States on issues that do not touch the fundamental interests of the United States. Moreover, Iran itself does not deal with the United States, and the United States is not willing to give Iran a lesson.

Of course, Saudi Arabia and Iran can only be a diplomatic conflict. Judging from the general trend, it is impossible for Iran to take the initiative to launch an attack. After all, Iran's strength is too great to confront the whole Arab world. There is also Sunni Pakistan behind it. It is impossible for Saudi Arabia to start work in a short time. After all, Yemen's mess has not been cleaned up. If it is accidentally hit by Houthi armed forces, it will make a big joke.