Saudi Arabia has 'genuine need' for nuclear power - former British ambassador

William Patey, former British ambassador to Saudi Arabia, says he thinks Saudi Arabia is not interested in nuclear weapons unless "Iran was to acquire them". Speaking to BBC News, he says the country has been clear "over the years" that were Iran to get nuclear weapons, it would "seek to do the same". "They have a genuine need for civilian nuclear power," he says, adding that Saudi Arabia uses a "tremendous" amount of its own oil and gas to gener