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Jun 2023
34m 18s

Iran and Saudi Arabia

NEGAR MORTAZAVI
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Negar Mortazavi speaks to ⁠Dina Esfandiary⁠, Senior Advisor for Middle East and North Africa at the International Crisis Group, about the new agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia that was brokered by China, Tehran’s shifting regional policy in the Middle East, and its continuous move towards the East and away from the West.


Iran Podcast is fiscally sponsored by the ⁠Center for International Policy⁠ in Washigton.




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