ump Administration did we lobby the President to adopt a different policy.” "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been consistent in supporting diplomatic efforts to reach a credible deal with Iran,” he said in a post on X. Last week, the Washington Post had reported that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, argued in favour of an attack during multiple phone calls with Donald Trump in the past month. The developments come amid ongoing US and Israeli strikes on the Iranian capital, after the countries carried out a joint attack on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. In January, bin Salman told the Iranian president during a phone call that the kingdom would not allow its airspace or territory to be used for any military attack on Iran.