Intense tension in the diplomatic relationship of Iran and Saudi Arabia

January 6, 2016

The former US Assistant Secretary of Defense, Mary Beth Long, discusses the strain between the two nations

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Intense tension in the diplomatic relationship of Iran and Saudi Arabia

In the aftermath of 47 executions in several Saudi cities including the prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, protesters in Tehran ransacked the Saudi Embassy. Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry announced that it would cut diplomatic ties with Iran due to the violence that had occurred at their embassy.


 

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