Kamran
Karami, an expert on Middle East affairs, believes that the statements of Adel
Abdul Mahdi (the former Iraqi prime minister) about the message that the martyr
Soleimani was carrying when he went to Iraq to respond to the Saudi message,
important for three reasons: First, the assassination shows that the United
States, Especially Israel, has no desire to improve relations between Tehran
and Riyadh, and with this assassination they intended to stop this
correspondence process. Second, to restore Saudi relations with Iran to the
past and to tension again, in particular, after the bombing of Aramco, Riyadh
tried to move towards managing tensions with Iran in a state of despair from
Trump's strategy. Third, targeting Soleimani thwarted the Iraqi government's
efforts, which could have directed Saudi Arabia towards more stability and
security through understandings with Iran.

The expert added about the potential role of the
Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, in the assassination of the
martyr Qassem Soleimani: “Although American officials did not deny or confirm
the role of Saudi Arabia and the Zionist entity in the assassination, it does
not seem that the Americans wanted to tell the Saudi government and Muhammad
bin Salman himself about the process. This is due to several reasons: First,
Saudi Arabia is not a decisive player in Iraq and Syria, and of course it does
not have accurate and reliable field information. Second, if we assume that the
Americans wanted Saudi Arabia to play a role in the process, then I believe
that Saudi Arabia withdrew from the operation for its fear of Iran's reaction.
Third, Saudi Arabia changed its strategy from hard to soft after the Aramco bombings,
influenced from Trump's unstable approach to maximum pressure on Iran, and it
tries to find a way to solve conflicts and pay attention to more important
local and regional issues, such as Yemen