World War 3: Saudi Arabia to develop NUCLEAR BOMB in defence of IRAN – Crown Prince says

“Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible,” Prince Mohammed bin Salman told CBS in an interview that will air on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia previously warned it will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran amid warnings the region is being pushed into a “dangerous abyss”.

Fears of World War 3 have increased in recent months amid a spiralling fallout between the Saudi monarchy and Tehran.

At an emergency meeting in Cairo today, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir stepped up his rhetoric against the Islamic regime.

Saudi Arabia and other Arab foreign ministers criticised Iran and its Lebanese Shi’ite ally Hezbollah at the emergency meeting warning they would not stand by in the face of Iranian interference in Arab affairs.

Jubeir said: “The kingdom will not stand by and will not hesitate to defend its security.

“Any leniency in dealing with their policies would only encourage them more, so we must stand together.”

It comes as Saudi’s new crown prince

chose Egypt for his first official trip abroad since becoming crown prince, Cairo draped its streets with banners declaring the two countries to be “the beating heart” of the Middle East.

The prince paid tribute to Cairo’s importance, saying “when Egypt rises, so can the whole region”.

“I prayed to God that Egypt would not collapse,” he told editors in Cairo, referring to the upheaval which followed Egypt’s 2011 popular uprising. “What I saw today confirmed to me that God answered my prayer.”

But the remarks by the powerful Saudi heir this month also showed how Egypt, once the leader of the Arab world, has yet to reclaim its position while power and influence shift east to wealthy and assertive Gulf oil exporters.

Gulf Arab states such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are increasingly engaged in foreign forays, deploying money and arms to intervene in regional conflicts and to shore up struggling allies such as Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, whose forces are fighting an Islamic State insurgency in the Sinai peninsula.