Promotion of Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman dubbed a ‘soft coup’ by Iranian state news

Iran's state media has criticized changes to regional rival Saudi Arabia's royal line of succession announced Wednesday calling them a "soft coup." A number of royal decrees proclaimed early on Wednesday that Saudi King Salman had elevated his 31-year-old son to become crown prince and second in line to the throne. While the timing was unexpected, the […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/06/21/promotion-of-saudi-arabias-mohammed-bin-salman-dubbed-a-soft-coup-by-iranian-state-news/