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Execution by saudi arabia of the shia cleric. all this signaling the dangerous development in an already volatile region. we have cnns diplomatic editor nic robertson with the latest. >> reporter: yes, christine. two most powerful areas in the region, at loggerheads. fighting a proxy war in yemen and proxy war in syria as well. what happened is the saudis accused iranians of the situation of attacking the embassy in tehran. they pulled all of the diplomats from iran. they are telling the iranian...

Peacefully, diplomatically and without violence. >> now, the u.s. walking a fine line here. the obama administration had voiced concern even before the execution of this cleric that that move would enflame tensions in the middle east. but now the u.s. pointedly not criticizing the decision just voicing concern about the saudi legal process and saying it is unhelpful to security and stability in the region. saudi arabia still a very important ally to the u.s., jake. >> all right. elise labott, th...

Competing with isis. the saudis want to demonstrate that they are pure and that they still represent the real islam and that isis doesnt. and they also dont mind any opportunity to do something that will alienate the iranians for a host of reasons. but i think a lot of this is to do with saudi domestic policy. the problem is you and ayman were saying, its just not going to stay there. i could actually imagine a racheting up of the proxy war between saudi arabia and iran so not just places like y...

I dont see irani and saudi diplomats sitting around the table soon with one another and trying to work it out. they are hardliners who are happy to walk away from each other and let syria stay the way it is because it suits their political purposes for now. so the real victim in this fallout twbetween saudi and ira are going to be the countries in this region that are involved in this proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. >> certainly we are seeing that backlash. >> and ayman to you, do you t...

Tensions, already fighting a proxy war in yemen and in syria. the united states is hoping they could at least work out a peace deal. the cease-fire has collapsed over the weekend. syria, the same deal. peace talks coming up, the chances of securing peace there now seem unlikely. what has happened, the saudis pulled out their diplomats from tehran over the weekend after their embassy was torch, they blamed the saudis, blame provocation by the iranian leadership, say the iranians are trying to esc...

Erupted in protest after the cleric and dozens of others were put to desk, attacking and burning the saudi embassy in tehran. the saudis responded by recalling its personnel and ordering iranian diplomats to go home, deepening the divide between the gulfs two most powerful nations. we have all angles here. to all of you, i appreciate it. it seems like the next step in this proxy war thats been going on between these two nations for a while. talk about what appears to be the inevitability of some...

Backed insurgency in syria. theyll be sending more irgc officers home to tehran in boxes and on the iranian side, probably greating underwriting of the houthi rebellion. they might get up to some kind of mischief in bahrain. there are a number of countries where these two regional powerhouses can essentially play out this proxy war. of course, the united states is going to be caught in the middle as it always is. >> well have to leave it right there, michael weiss, kimberly dozeier, thanks to bo...

Now, lets face it, wolf. the judicial system of iran and saudi arabia, neither of these are my cup of tea. were really noticing sharia law is not compatible. at least the saudis are -- want to be our friends and allies. iran is a self-proclaimed enemy. im highly concerned about the lifting of the sanctions and be thumping tens, hundreds of billions of the dollars into the economy and military of ourself proclaimed enemy in iran and we know iran and russia would like to see the house of assad fal...

Thing that the administration could do to try to solve many of the other issues from isis on because that proxy war is a lot of what isis is about. it is a lot of whats going on in the middle east. it has to get solved. i think theyre going to try to do it. >> i want to do in the foreign policy realm the same basic question as domestic policy, this is happening in the world under this president and there is an election going on. one of the front-runner is this mans former secretary of state. i w...

Demonstrations. >> theres an awful lot going on here. the saudis and iranians have a regional rivalry that has heated up in light of the u.s. deal or the nuclear deal with iran. secondly theres a proxy war going on in syria. so the stakes are pretty high. from a saudi perspective, were seeing a lot of domestic stuff there, executing extremist sunnis and to balance the score. they execute a shia cleric from the east province which is the hotbed of shiism. the iranians have a very tough anti-saudi...