Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz ridiculed Iranian reports claiming that Saudi parties were involved in the murder of Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh. He responded to reports on this matter by saying they are “funny.”

The Saudi interior minister said during statements made on the sidelines of the National Retirees’ Society’s opening ceremony that during the visit made last week to Saudi Arabia by the US ambassador to Iraq, all matters concerning Saudis [detained by] alliance forces and efforts to return them to their homeland were discussed.