A senior IRGC official declared that "today, Saudi Arabia is the heart of evil in the region and the world", adding that "IRGC ground force combatants are standing against the ominous triangle of the U.S., the Zionist regime [i.e Israel] and regional Arab reactionary governments". Referring Saudi Arabia's leaders, he added that "Al Saud must know that it won't last long, and the enemy must know that we will not let it go".