ran and Saudi Arabia: Rapprochement on the Horizon?

ran and Saudi Arabia: Rapprochement on the Horizon?

May 15, 2014 09:22 am | Harry J. Kazianis

Paul R. Pillar
The Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, has announced an invitation to his Iranian counterpart to visit Saudi Arabia.  This development is unsurprising, and it is welcome.  It follows visits that Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made a few months ago to some of the other Arab members of the Gulf Cooperation Council.  Rapprochement between Iran and its Arab neighbors is good for the neighbors as well as for Iranians, good for stability in the Persian Gulf, and good for U.S. interests in the region.

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