Author : Somayeh sadat moosavian , zohreh ghadbeigy , maryam jafari
Keyword : Iran nuclear program, saudi arabia, foreign policy, isil, jcpoa, regional security
Subject : Social sciences
Article Type : Original article (research)
DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.6369989
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Abstract : Iran and Saudi Arabia are two long-standing powers in West Asia whose relations have had many ups and downs over different periods. The two long-standing powers of the region cannot ignore each other and are always in competition and achieving greater interests and influence in the region. In the meantime, several factors have affected this confrontation and hostility between the two countries, including these factors; there have been ideological differences and identity conflicts, geopolitical and geo-economics issues, the issue of Palestine and Israel, and the role of Saudi Arabia in regional orientations against Iran, and so on. But in the last two decades, one of the most important reasons and factors affecting relations between the two countries has been Iran's nuclear program. The nuclear program has made Saudi Arabia feel threatened by Iran's acquisition of a nuclear weapon and its loss of position and influence in the region. Saudi Arabia's first opposition to Iran's nuclear program came in the form of the Gulf Cooperation Council, which called for a ban on Iran's nuclear activities. Therefore, it is important to study the relations between the two countries as two influential powers in the region and the impact of the nuclear program on the relations between the two countries. This research seeks to examine the impact of the nuclear program on Iran-Saudi Arabia relations. Generally, can be concluded that the roots of the differences between the two countries are mainly ideological and based on security and political issues.
Article by : Zohreh Ghadbeigy
Article add date : 2022-04-28
How to cite : Somayeh sadat moosavian , zohreh ghadbeigy , maryam jafari. (2022-April-28). The impact of the nuclear program on iran-saudi arabia relations. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/1055