The South African Article RatingIran and Saudi: Longtime rivals now pledge to work together
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
45% : Tehran supports President Bashar al-Assad with military forces and funds whereas Riyadh backs Sunni rebels but also joins a US-led coalition to fight Sunni extremists from the Islamic State group.45% : On March 15, 2018 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warns that if Tehran gets a nuclear weapon, "we will follow suit as soon as possible".
44% : In a surprise move, on March 10, 2023, Tehran and Riyadh announce plans to resume ties as part of a deal brokered by China.
39% : Demonstrators ransack the Saudi embassy in Tehran and, in April 1988, Riyadh breaks off diplomatic relations for several years and Iranian pilgrims stay away from Saudi holy places until 1991.
38% : From 2011 on, Iran and Saudi back opposing sides in Syria's civil war.
36% : In 1980, Saddam Hussein's secular regime in Iraq attacks neighbouring Iran, triggering an eight-year war in which oil-rich Saudi, a key US ally, supports Baghdad.
33% : After being at daggers drawn for years, longtime Middle East rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have now pledged to work together to bring stability to the troubled region.
33% : Protesters attack Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran, and Riyadh again severs ties.
32% : In June 2017, Saudi Arabia and its allies sever ties with the tiny gas-rich Gulf monarchy of Qatar and impose a blockade on it, accusing Doha of being too close to Iran and backing extremism.
14% :Saudi Arabia and Iran also take opposing sides in the Yemen conflict: Riyadh and Washington accuse Tehran of arming the Huthi rebels, a charge it strongly denies.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.