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Marc Jourdier
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani listens during a joint press conference with Austrian President following talks on July 4, 2018 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. (AFP PHOTO / APA / GEORG HOCHMUTH)
July 5, 2018, 10:13 pm
Surge of hardliner support for Rouhani after his anti-Israel words
Revolutionary Guards' head thanks president for 'wise and appropriate' words while his hawkish comments imply he may block the Strait of Hormuz
By Marc Jourdier
A man reading Al-Hayat newspaper at a cafe in the Saudi capital Riyadh, November 5, 2017. (AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE)
November 12, 2017, 8:58 pm
Old rivalries give way to new threats, as Iran-Saudi ‘Cold War’ heats up
The Sunni kingdom and Shiite Islamic Republic have long sparred over religion and regional control
By Marc Jourdier and Anuj Chopra
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a welcome ceremony in Tehran on October 4, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Iranian Presidency / HO)
October 4, 2017, 2:09 pm
Erdogan visits Iran amid warming ties, shared worries
Two countries support rival camps in Syrian war but united in opposing Kurdish independence moves
By Marc Jourdier
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