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Diplomacy is the key: How Iran, Saudi could bring stability to Middle East

But how? Peace cannot be achieved overnight

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Iran, Iran oil waiver

Samira Nasirzadeh and Eyad Alrefai | The Conversation
Relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have rarely been worse, regarding the attacks on the oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman – for which both sides blame each other. Nevertheless, in the history of relations between the two countries, there have been regular shifts between tension and rapprochement – and things can change for the better once again.

As an Iranian and a Saudi, working as research fellows for peace studies, we believe it is time that our two countries seek to manage the