Iran’s Relations with Saudi Arabia in Post-JCPOA Era (Fahimeh Ghorbani, Iran Review)

Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been tumultuous following the victory of the Islamic Revolution. Serious conflict between the ideology of Wahhabism and the political Shia Islam; establishment of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC] in 1981; the support offered by members of this council, especially Saudi Arabia, to Iraq during Iraq’s imposed war against Iran; the massacre of Iranian Hajj pilgrims in August 1987; Saudi Arabia’s support for US policies in the Persian Gulf; the conflict between the two countries’ viewpoints on internal affairs of such countries as Iraq and Bahrain; the crisis in Syria; and finally, Saudi Arabia’s war on Yemen; the tragedy of Mina; and storming of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran and consulate in the city of Mashhad can be counted among those factors, which have caused relations between the two countries to be totally choppy at the present juncture.

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