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Allies. this breakdown between the rivals is a disaster for u.s.-backed syrian peace talks, which both countries have attended in vienna. its seen as a proxy war. but hopes of an agreement seem bleak while escalation seems real. many blame iran for the crisis, not saudi arabia. >> iran is undermining every sunni government in the region. and yet the kingdom of saudi arabia is doing nothing to undermine the iranian government. yet, why are we cuddling up and nurturing the iranians as opposed to o...

Able to judge whether this actually happened. but the fact is, it almost doesnt matter. the iranians were quick to announce that they had been hit, they were quick to denounce this. this came from the foreign ministry. it speaks to the escalating tensions between these two countries. the two superpowers if you like, the two great powers of the muslim world. >> theres no doubt theyre fighting a proxy war in yemen now that has that huge border with saudi arabia. >> well, yes, and in yemen actually...

Now. as bad as it is seems to be getting worse by the day and now there are these claims by the iranians that the saudis hit the iranian embassy in yemen. today the saudis are denying it. what can you tell us about that? >> there is a proxy war in syria and yemen right on the southern border where iran supported the over throw of the government there for a short period of time, the leader of the country was kicked out. now hes back in country. the saudis and uae are trying to support the return ...

Arent quite whats so important. what this really does is inject the reality of potential actual conflict between saudi arabia and iran. now, their rivalry, their proxy war, has been behind so much of the instability in the middle east for the past years or so. its right at the heart of the syrian conflict and its at the heart of whats happening in yemen where a group called the houthis, backed by iran, and saudi arabias government with jets trying to dislodge them on their side, too. this partic...

Intriguing development if true that these individuals, these terrorists might be faking their deaths. >> i think it is. but you have to look at this in a pretty short timeframe. europe and the united states are switching to biometric passports. over the next few years you can slip across borders either by paying people off or by using bad paper, that is fake passports. but over time youre not going to be able to get in without showing your fingerprints, without doing iris scans. so i think this ...

Try and deescalate tensions. restore some sense of calm. potentially, they may have gone through the most immediate crisis. the u.s. needs saudi arabia and iran to speak as closely as they can off the same script form, dealing with the syrian civil war. the u.n. special envoy to that conflict wet with the saudi foreign minister and said as far as he can tell in a statement, there was no negative impact on the peace protest theyre trying to push forward of getting saudi opposition groups, many ba...

The attacks. the iranian government did make dozens of arrests of suspects in the assault. but the shia regime in iran has basically been in a proxy war with the sunni saudi arabia now for years. saudi arabia responded to those attacks on its diplomatic facilities by cutting diplomatic ties with iran. the iranian government responded to that by accusing saudi arabia of exploiting the attacks on its embassy to divert attention from its own issues. the back and forth included irans supreme leader ...

Most notably judging by its consequences a prominent shiite cleric whos a vocal critic of saudi arabias sunni government. on saturday the day the executions were announced protesters in iran ransacked and set fire to the saudi embassy in tehran. they also attacked the saudi consulate in mashad, iran. irans supreme leader condemned the attacks. the iranian government did make dozens of arrests of suspects in the assault. but the shia regime in iran has basically been in a proxy war with the sunni...

Government. the iranian government executed far more people last year than any other country in the middle east and certainly more than saudi arabia. there are major human rights violator but theyve also been, obviously as a shia country, a long-time supporter of the minority shia population and the eastern province of saudi arabia, particularly a supporter of sheikh nimr al nimr who was executed by saudi arabia other the weekend. i think what you are seeing inside of iran is a tension between a...

From the price of oil to president bashar. this time it seems a lot more serious. we have to take into consideration the proxy war theyre having in syria, in iraq, in yemen, in bahrain. they see the political landscape here very differently to one another. the danger is as tensions between saudi arabia and iran get worse, the violence in these countries will probably escalate even further. the other complicating matter here is that iran and saudi arabia, the two major islamic power houses in the...