Saudi Officials Attend Khamenei Funeral in Surprise Diplomatic Move

Saudi Arabia's Vice Foreign Minister Walid al-Khuraiji unexpectedly attended the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, signalling a remarkable shift in relations between two nations that have long been regional rivals. This rapprochement between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran is prophetically significant, as Scripture warns of a powerful end-times coalition of Middle Eastern and northern nations aligning against Israel. The book of Ezekiel describes a confederacy of nations — including Persia (modern Iran) and its allies — gathering in the last days, and the softening of historic enmities in the region accelerates the formation of exactly such an alliance.