![\"prince_turki_al_faisal\"](\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/10\/prince_turki_al_faisal.jpg\" "\\"prince_turki_al_faisal\\"")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal warned on Monday that a possible deal on Iran\u2019s nuclear program will prompt Saudi Arabia and other states to seek the development of atomic technology.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always said whatever comes out of these talks, we will want the same,\u201d he told the BBC in an interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo if Iran has the ability to enrich uranium to whatever level, it\u2019s not just Saudi Arabia that\u2019s going to ask for that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole world will be an open door to go that route without any inhibition, and that\u2019s my main objection to this P5+1 [the six world powers] process,\u201d said Prince Turki, who served as Saudi Arabia\u2019s intelligence chief and Riyadh\u2019s ambassador to Washington and London.<\/p>\n
Prince Saud al-Faisal also has warned of the Iranian regime\u2019s \u201cdestabilizing\u201d policies in the region and stressed on ensuring Tehran doesn\u2019t acquire nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n
On that note, Prince Turki said: \u201cIran is already a disruptive player in various scenes in the Arab world, whether it\u2019s Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, or Bahrain.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo ending fear of developing weapons of mass destruction is not going to be the end of the troubles we\u2019re having with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow it seems that Iran is expanding its occupation of Iraq and that is unacceptable,\u201d said Prince Turki.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile The Associated Press reported on Tuesday: \u201cIn the region, Western-allied and oil-rich Sunni-ruled Gulf states deeply distrust the non-Arab Shiite powerhouse and see its hand in destabilizing their part of the world by backing armed groups from Lebanon to Yemen to Iraq. That distrust fuels sectarian divisions that course through many of the region’s conflicts and get exploited by extremist organizations including the Islamic State group, which considers Shiites heretics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cA deal could worsen those tensions. Arab powers like Saudi Arabia and Egypt might conclude Iran has been allowed to stand on the threshold of a nuclear weapon and decide that they, too, must have nuclear programs \u2014 further inflaming the world’s most combustible tinderbox.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal warned on Monday that a possible deal on Iran’s nuclear program will prompt Saudi Arabia and other states to seek the development of atomic technology. “I’ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[175],"class_list":{"0":"post-18085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-iran-a-world","7":"tag-updated"},"yoast_head":"\n