Iranian and Saudi panellists spar at Xiangshan Forum over Middle East attacks

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At the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Iranian and Saudi panellists engaged in a heated dispute over Middle East conflicts. The Saudi think tank chief accused Iran of violating Arab states' sovereignty despite a recent peace deal between the two nations, highlighting ongoing tensions.

A plenary session at a Beijing security conference turned into a heated exchange on Wednesday, when a senior Iranian defence official and a Saudi think tank chief traded accusations over the conflict in the Middle East. In the city where just a few years ago Iran and Saudi Arabia signed a peace deal, Prince Turki al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi think tank the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, accused Iran of not respecting “the sovereignty of the Arab states”. In a clear...