Iran Foreign Minister tells Saudis 'security cannot be bought'

Iran's foreign minister has urged arch-rival, Saudi Arabia, to accept that "security cant be bought", saying an end to war in Yemen would quell regional tensions. In an interview with Tehran's official IRNA news ncy on sidelines of UN General Assembly, Mohamm Jav Zarif accused Saudi leership of stirring up strife."y think that, in same way, that y have so far bought everything with money and have mand to buy weapons, friendship and support, y can buy a security with money as well," he said, urging Riyh to "put aside this illusion".

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Saudi and Iran locked in a deces-long struggle for regional dominance 

Saudi Arabia and Iran are locked in a deces-long struggle for regional dominance and back opposing sides in a bitter war that has pushed Yemen to brink of famine. Those tensions have spiked in recent months, particularly since a devastating attack on Saudi oil installations earlier this month. Iran has denied responsibility and Huthi rebels it backs in Yemen said y were behind attack, which kcked out half of OPEC kingpin's oil production. But Riyh's ally Washington and European powers have blamed drone and cruise missile strike on Tehran. Saudi Arabia intervened in Yemen's war in 2015 to prop up government after Huthi insurgents ousted it from capital Sanaa previous year. Iran denies that it arms Huthis but has consistently slammed Riyh's involvement. Zarif told IRNA that Riyh was stirring tensions in order to "open ( way) for foreigners to enter region".

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US has several major military bases in Gulf

US has several major military bases in Gulf and has threatened strikes in retaliation for attacks it has blamed on Islamic republic. Zarif said solution "is absolutely clear and that is an end to Yemen war"."Tension in region will end and it will stop Saudi Arabia's prestige being furr damd," he said. Tens of thousands of people, most of m civilians, have been killed since Saudi Arabia and its allies intervened in March 2015. fighting has displaced millions and left more than two-thirds of population in need of aid.

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