Iranian Viewpoint: Omanis Urge Reform While Saudis Denounce Bahrain Crackdown
Massive anti-government demonstrations took place in Oman and Saudi Arabia today. In Oman's southern port city of Salalah, thousands of demonstrators demanded better wages and jobs, saying the government's promised reforms are not enough. In Saudi Arabia's eastern city of Qatif, hundreds protested in solidarity with anti-government protestors in Bahrain, despite the ban on protests. They condemned the burning and destruction of Bahraini mosques by Saudi and Bahraini troops. Press TV reports:

Senior MP: Saudi Arabia Influenced by Power Illusions
FARS NEWS AGENCY: TEHRAN - A senior Iranian legislator blasted Saudi officials' recent provocative remarks against Tehran, and said the Saudi regime is under the illusion of having enough power to wage a war against Iran after it attacked the tiny Persian Gulf island of Bahrain through collaboration with the al-Khalifa regime.

"The Saudis are under illusion and they think that deployment of their forces in a tiny country like Bahrain and suppression of the defenseless people shows that they are powerful," Vice-Chairman of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA on Sunday.

Noting that Saudi Arabia could launch a military invasion of Bahrain through western assistance, Ebrahimi warned "they should rest assured that Iran's saber-rattling and power will make a burning hell for them". » | Sunday, April 24, 2011