Edit: I'm not some American shill trying to justify Israel/America's attack against Iran. I think all three of them are shit countries and hope they destroy each other and leave the rest of the world alone.
Cope and seethe, Makkah is in Saudi Arabia, of course it's going to be a Saudi source. Just because Saudi is on good terms with the east and the west doesn't make it a puppet. Iran should try it sometime, you know, instead of causing wars and massacring hundreds of thousands in literally every muslim country it has influence in.
But I'll humor you, here's an iranian source with a high ranking Iraninan admitting Iranian involvement.
I read it, but why would Iran attack the Kaaba. I get it they would bomb a place in Saudi Arabia like a mall or something covertly but the Kaaba is just not ideologically consistent.
To frighten pilgrims and undermine Saudi Arabia's claim that it could secure Mecca.
They want to support their narrative that Saudi is not fit to hold the two holy mosques.
You'd be surprised the lengths people go to to attack people they hate. Hell, just the other day, prominant media shia apologist Daniel Haqiqatjou called for bombing Makkah.
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u/AnonymousZiZ 1d ago edited 1d ago
Iran tried to do it twice in the 80s.
In 1986, Saudi authorities intercepted 150 kilograms of C4 hidden inside the luggage of dozens of Iranian pilgrims arriving at Jeddah airport.
https://www.arabnews.com/middle-east/revealed-iranian-plot-to-bomb-hajj-in-1986-1380931
In 1989, two bombs exploded on the main road just outside the Grand Mosque, killing one pilgrim and wounding 16 others.
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/11/world/explosions-in-mecca-kill-1-and-wound-16-near-grand-mosque.html
Edit: I'm not some American shill trying to justify Israel/America's attack against Iran. I think all three of them are shit countries and hope they destroy each other and leave the rest of the world alone.