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Jamal Khashoggi and Mohammad Marandi

Stephen Sackur talks to Mohammad Marandi in Tehran and Jamal Khashoggi in Jeddah. Is there any way to take the heat out of the Saudi-Iranian confrontation?

There's a faultline that lies beneath much of the current turmoil in the Middle East, and it runs between Riyadh and Tehran. Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran are locked in a series of conflicts by proxy. It's a dangerous and costly struggle for regional supremacy that weaves from Lebanon to Yemen by way of Syria and Iraq. Stephen Sackur talks to Mohammad Marandi in Tehran and Jamal Khashoggi in Jeddah. Is there any way to take the heat out of the Saudi-Iranian confrontation?

30 minutes

Last on

Fri 15 Jan 201600:30GMT

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterStephen Sackur
Interviewed GuestJamal Khashoggi
Interviewed GuestMohammad Marandi

Broadcasts

  • Thu 14 Jan 201604:30GMT
  • Thu 14 Jan 201620:30GMT
  • Fri 15 Jan 201600:30GMT