Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi posted on social media on the evening of the 30th, stating that Iran respects Saudi Arabia and regards it as a brotherly country, and that Iran's military actions target hostile aggressors.
He also said, “It’s time to expel the US military.”
In his post, he said that Iran's actions target those hostile aggressors who do not respect Arabs or Iranians and cannot provide any security guarantees, and referenced what Iran did to their aerial command system.
Araghchi displayed a photo showing a severely damaged US military aircraft.
On the 29th, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency cited the public relations department of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reporting that a US Air Force E-3 “Sentry” AWACS had been destroyed in Iran’s missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base. The strike hit a critical part near the aircraft’s tail. On that day, Tasnim also published comparison images of the US AWACS before and after the strike. The images showed structural breakage in the rear middle section of the aircraft, with the tail having separated from the fuselage.
Leaders of three Middle Eastern countries discuss the impact of escalating military conflict
On the 30th, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed held a trilateral meeting in Jeddah, a city in western Saudi Arabia, with visiting Jordanian King Abdullah II and Qatari Emir Tamim, to discuss the effects of the current escalation of military conflict in the Middle East.
The leaders discussed the latest developments in the regional situation and the impact of escalating military conflicts in the region, including threats to international freedom of navigation, the security of energy supplies, and their impact on the global economy.