Iran Saudi Arabia diplomacy

Saudi Arabia has granted visas to three Iranian officials to work at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, in a rare sign of a thaw in relations between the regional rivals. The two countries broke off diplomatic ties in 2016 after the execution of a Saudi Shia cleric, Nimr Al-Nimr, which led to attacks by protesters on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.

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(Photo: Iran's foreign minister: Hossein Amirabdollahian. Credit: Getty Images)