Saudi Arabia executed a high profile Shia cleric Jan. 2, sparking outrage and inflaming long-simmering tensions with Iran.
Iran protested outside the Saudi embassy in Tehran, and in response Saudi Arabia severed diplomatic ties. Is this a sectarian divide between regional powers, or a fight for dominance?
CCTV America’s Nathan King reports.
The Heat interviewed three experts about the severed diplomatic ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia:
- Former Saudi Navy commodore Abdualteef Al Mulhim.
- Hamid Reza Gholamzadeh, editor-in-chief of Mehr News English.
- Hillary Mann-Leverett, CEO of Stratega, a political risk firm, and co-author of “Going To Tehran.”