Reuters Report of Saudi Message of Warning for Iran ‘Fabricated’

Date: 31 May 2025 - 22:20

News ID: ۱۴۰۱۸۶

TEHRAN – Iran has dismissed “fabricated” and “politically motivated” report that Saudi Arabia’s defense minister delivered a blunt message to Iranian officials in Tehran last month, asking Tehran to take U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer to negotiate a nuclear agreement seriously in order to avoid the risk of war with Israel.
Reuters, in its typical fictitious stories citing what the news agency often claims as sources close to government circles with naming them, had claimed that Saudi Arabia’s 89-year-old King Salman dispatched his son Prince Khalid bin Salman with the warning to Iran.
Reuters has continued this approach, recently publishing inaccurate content based on “fabricated sources” allegedly linked to the country.
In the latest case, on the night of Wednesday, the agency claimed that Iran might suspend uranium enrichment—an assertion that was clearly denied by the Iranian Foreign Ministry. Its spokesman Esmaeili Baghaei reaffirmed that enrichment remains a “non-negotiable principle.”
On Friday, Reuters published another report, this time focusing on the alleged contents of a message reportedly delivered to Iran by the Saudi defense minister on behalf of the Saudi king. This claim, too, was promptly rejected, with Baghaei categorically denying its validity.
Earlier this month, Baghaei criticized Reuters for a report on a U.S. plan to halt Iranian oil tankers, rebuking the news agency of repeatedly disregarding journalistic standards. He described Reuters as part of an orchestrated campaign to spread misinformation about Iran and the region.