Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi accused regional rival Saudi Arabia of betraying the Palestinians by seeking to normalize relations with Israel. Raisi stated, ‘The initiation of a relationship between the Zionist regime and any country in the region, if it is with the aim to bring security for the Zionist regime, will certainly not do so”. He also added, “We believe that a relationship between regional countries and the Zionist regime would be a stab in the back of the Palestinian people and of the resistance of the Palestinians”.