Saudi Arabia has expressed its support for “US efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,” the kingdom’s official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday. In the press statement, which followed a cabinet meeting, Saudi ministers also thanked the United States forsupporting Saudi Arabia in defending its territory from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group. The declaration comes as talks are ongoing in Vienna between world powers and Iran to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. The deal, which provided sanctions relief in exchange for limits on Iran’s nuclear programme, fell thr…