Saudi Arabia and Iran - The tension explained

Name: Saudi Arabia and Iran - The tension explained
Uploaded: 2016-01-05T00:08:31.000Z
Duration: 2 min 4 s
Description: Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have increased since the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

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Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran have increased since the execution of Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr.

BBC Persian correspondent Siavash Ardalan and BBC Arabic correspondent Hanan Razek explain the politics of these two nations.

Video produced by Marcus Thompson

Middle East

5 January 2016