Bhardwaj, Atul  <br/><br/>
Diplomatic breakthrough in west Asia 

 - Economic and Political Weekly   
 - 58(11), Mar, 11-18 2023: p.8-9 
<br/><br/> Iran and Saudi Arabia, the two arch-rivals of West Asia, have signed a landmark agreement to restore diplomatic ties and reopen embassies after relations were severed in 2016 when Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran following the Saudi beheading of a Shia spiritual leader Nimr al-Nimr. Previously, Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran after the attacks on its embassy in 1988. The relations were restored in 1991 but tensions continued to persist.- Reproduced