Prince Turki al-Faisal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia talks to reporters as he visits an archaeology site near Visoko October 19, 2008. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of backing terrorism after a senior Saudi prince, a former intelligence chief, addressed a Paris rally held by exiled Iranian rebels and told them he wanted the Iranian government to fall.
Shi'ite Muslim power Iran and Saudi Arabia, bastion of Sunni Islam, are longstanding religious and political arch rivals. Relations are fraught as they back each other's foes in regional wars such as in Yemen, Iraq and Syria.
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