Oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran: Muhammad Bin Salman talking in an Interview
WASHINGTON- Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview that oil prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not come together to deter Iran, but said he would prefer a political solution to a military one.
The kingdom’s de facto ruler Muhammad Bin Salman also denied that he ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi operatives nearly a year ago, but said he ultimately bears “full responsibility” as the leader of his country.
While Khashoggi’s death sparked a global uproar and tarnished the crown prince’s reputation, the Trump administration’s tense standoff with Iran, Saudi Arabia’s arch-foe, has more recently dominated U.S. policy toward Riyadh, especially after the Sept. 14 attacks on the heartland of the Saudi oil industry.
“If the world does not take a strong and firm action to deter Iran, we will see further escalations that will threaten world interests,” the crown prince said. “Oil supplies will be disrupted and oil prices will jump to unimaginably high numbers that we haven’t seen in our lifetimes.”
He said he preferred a peaceful resolution because a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran would collapse the global economy.