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Iran and Saudi Arabia’s Diplomatic Breakdown

The recent Saudi execution of a prominent Shia cleric and the subsequent attack on their embassy in Iran has heightened tensions across the Gulf.

by Marc Lynch, Christian Koch, and Ellie Geranmayeh

published by

European Council on Foreign Relations

on January 13, 2016

Source: European Council on Foreign Relations

Saudi Arabia’s execution of Nimr al-Nimr has further stoked regional sectarian discord. However, the attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran has spoiled much of the political capital that Iran built with the nuclear agreement. Carnegie’s Marc Lynch joined a discussion of the regional and international implications of recent events in the region on ECFR’s World in 30 Minutes.

This podcast originally appeared at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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