Iran's security chief is making a startling claim about what was said behind closed doors in Tehran. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told PressTV that Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman warned him during their October 26 talks that, after Iran, Israel would go after Turkey and then Saudi Arabia. The meeting brought Prince Khalid together with Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Turkey's intelligence chief, Ibrahim Kalin, along with senior Iranian officials. It was the first joint visit to Tehran by the three countries since they formed a defense alliance in Mecca in August. The talks took place in the middle of an eight-month regional war that has involved US and Israeli strikes on Iran and repeated Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

The claim comes only from Iranian state media, and Saudi Arabia has not confirmed it. Independent coverage of the talks has described them as an effort to stop the war from reigniting and to promote dialogue. The four countries issued a short joint statement saying they would continue the talks, and Rezaei called the meeting a positive step toward shared security arrangements. As with any account from one side of a conflict, it should be treated with caution, and key questions remain unanswered, including exactly what Prince Khalid said, whether it was his own assessment or a paraphrase, and what context it was said in. Until Riyadh or an independent source weighs in, the claim stays one man's version of a private conversation.