US Secretary of State Rubio: Iran behind key Middle East crises

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Iran is the common factor behind several major crises and conflicts in the Middle East, accusing Shiite clerics in Tehran of pursuing an expansionist mindset that threatens the region's stability.

Rubio added, in remarks published by the US Embassy in Riyadh on its X platform account, that the Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia, Shiite militias destabilizing Iraq, fighters supporting Bashar Assad's regime and contributing to Syria's destruction, as well as Hezbollah in Lebanon, are all examples of Iranian intervention in the region.

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The US Secretary of State stressed that despite operating in different arenas, these groups are all linked to Iran, emphasizing that what he described as the Iranian threat is an "exceptional historic danger that cannot be ignored."