Addressing the United Nations on Wednesday, King Salman laid the diplomatic groundwork for a Saudi Arabian nuclear weapons program.

In a fiery speech, Salman suggested that peaceful compromise with the Islamic Republic of Iran is folly. He lambasted Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, its terrorist campaigns, and its proxy activity in Lebanon and Yemen. Salman then explained that “our experience with the Iranian regime has taught us that partial solutions and appeasement did not stop its threats to international peace and security.” This lament of “partial solutions” and “appeasement” is intended as a clear rebuke of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear agreement. But it’s more than that. It’s a warning that unless Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs are more actively restrained, Riyadh will develop its own programs.