Saudi columnists on Sunday voiced concern that Western nations were not taking a tough enough stance in indirect talks aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
Saudi Arabia opposes the deal because it does not address the wider regional behaviour of Iran, its arch enemy. "There is Gulf apprehension regarding the Vienna talks," Tariq al-Humaid wrote in Saudi-owned Asharq al-Awsat newspaper.
The talks in Vienna aim to bring the United States and Iran back into compliance with the pact after the Trump administration quit the deal in 2018 and reimposed sanctions on Tehran, which responded by breaching some nuclear restrictions.