Why would the iranians do this? What do they gain by killing him?
Iran = Shiaii
Saudi Arabia = Sunni
It could be plausibly excused as some out-of-control tribal thing.
You attack iran and then you get to wonder who will china and russia support? Now if they support iran which is more than likely the case the fire power will not be the US. Nor will it be a war like we have seen in vietnam and iraq, it will more than likely be another nuclear stand off. Scary shyte if you ask me.
If China and Russia support Iran, it’s a world war scenario. The West (even if they disagree) will be compelled to side with the US because they would object to Russian/Chinese/Iranian tyranny. They cannot afford to let the US be defeated.
I don’t think it would come to that. Russia and China oppose America rather than support Iran. They don’t want to see a rampant Iran in the ME. It’s not in their interests. Anyway, China is gradually assuming the mantle that America held. It becomes their duty to preserve world peace. They cannot act irresponsibly.
And another thing. You are the victim of decades of American anti-China brainwashing. It is a tremendously old civilization (oldest on the planet?) and you may not agree with their ideology, but they are not uncivilized.