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News and Analysis on the Greater Middle East
Saudi Tensions Boost Iran’s Hardliners
January 14, 2016
<p class="font_7" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shi’a cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, is a gift in disguise to Iran’s hardliners seeking to undermine President Hassan Rouhani’s administration, and rally support ahead of key elections in February. </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Although Saudi officials have insisted Iran is interfering in its internal affairs with its vociferous condemnation of the execution, Iranians, particularly the hardliners, saw the act as a direct provocation.</span></span></span></p>
Saudi Tensions Boost Iran’s Hardliners
January 14, 2016
<p class="font_7" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shi’a cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, is a gift in disguise to Iran’s hardliners seeking to undermine President Hassan Rouhani’s administration, and rally support ahead of key elections in February. </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Although Saudi officials have insisted Iran is interfering in its internal affairs with its vociferous condemnation of the execution, Iranians, particularly the hardliners, saw the act as a direct provocation.</span></span></span></p>
Saudi Tensions Boost Iran’s Hardliners
January 14, 2016
<p class="font_7" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shi’a cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, is a gift in disguise to Iran’s hardliners seeking to undermine President Hassan Rouhani’s administration, and rally support ahead of key elections in February. </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Although Saudi officials have insisted Iran is interfering in its internal affairs with its vociferous condemnation of the execution, Iranians, particularly the hardliners, saw the act as a direct provocation.</span></span></span></p>
Saudi Tensions Boost Iran’s Hardliners
January 14, 2016
<p class="font_7" style=""><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shi’a cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, is a gift in disguise to Iran’s hardliners seeking to undermine President Hassan Rouhani’s administration, and rally support ahead of key elections in February. </span></span></span><span style=""><span class="color_2"><span style="">Although Saudi officials have insisted Iran is interfering in its internal affairs with its vociferous condemnation of the execution, Iranians, particularly the hardliners, saw the act as a direct provocation.</span></span></span></p>