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Check Iranian meddling in ME

Saudi Arabia tells US; Iran rejects sanctions extension beyond 10 years

AFP, Jeddah
Saudi Arabia's leaders yesterday sought assurances that the United States stands firmly against Iranian "interference" in the Middle East, during a visit by Defence Secretary Ashton Carter.
Carter arrived as part of a regional tour trying to allay the concerns of US allies that Iran could still be able to develop an atomic weapon despite an agreement reached this month between Tehran and six ma jor powers led by Washington.
Meanwhile, an Iranian official yesterday said that Iran would not accept any extension of sanctions beyond 10 years, in the latest attempt by its pragmatist government to sell a nuclear deal with world powers to skeptical hardliners.
Abbas Araqchi, one of several deputy foreign ministers, also told a news conference Iran would do 'anything' to help allies in the Middle East, underlining Tehran's message that despite the deal Iran will not change its anti-Western foreign policy.
Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry said in remarks published yesterday he will seek to reassure Gulf Arab officials at a meeting in Qatar in the next two weeks that Washington will work with them to push back against Iranian
influence in the region.
In Riyadh, the US defence secretary met King Salman, then held talks with the king's powerful son Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is defence minister and second-inline to the throne.
Sunni-ruled Gulf states are wary of the
overtures to Tehran by Washington, their traditional defence partner.
Riyadh and its neighbours believe the deal will only embolden their Shia regional rival, whom they accuse of meddling in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon
and Yemen.
The nuclear agreement, which ended a 13-year standoff, requires Iran to curb its nuclear capabilities including the number of uranium centrifuges.
International monitors will supervise the process, which in exchange will reduce sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy.
Saudi Arabia and Israel are "on the same page" with their concerns about the agreement, a Western diplomatic source said.
The deal would see Iran's oil exports gradually resume and billions of dollars in frozen assets unblocked.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who Carter met on Tuesday, has voiced fears the nuclear deal will help fund Iranian "aggression."
The Saudis also "think it's a mistake," although " they don't say it as loud and as publicly as the Israelis," said the source.
There are worries the Iran deal could spark a nuclear race in the Middle East.
Riyadh is building alliances beyond its ties with Washington in order to counter Tehran, under a more assertive foreign policy adopted since King Salman acceded to the throne in January.