Following the recent terrorist attack in Baluchistan, in eastern Iran, several articles appeared in the Saudi press harshly criticizing Iran's policy in the Middle East. Al-Sharq Al-Awsat editor Tareq Al-Homayed wrote that Iran has now tasted the same kind of terrorism and sectarian hostility that it has fostered for years in other countries. An editorial in the daily Al-Watan stated that Iran was working to destabilize the Arab countries by supporting organizations like Al-Qaeda, Hizbullah, and the Houthi rebels, and by stirring up strife between Sunnis and Shi'ites in the Arab world. An article in the 'Okaz daily said that Iran's actions might even prompt the Arab states to take similar steps and to try to destabilize Iran. ...
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