Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

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Bitter Rivals illuminates the essential history - and profound ripple effect - of Iran and Saudi Arabia's power struggle. It draws on scores of interviews with political, religious and military leaders, militia commanders, diplomats, and policy experts, painting American television's most comprehensive picture of a feud that has reshaped the Middle East.

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Production

FRONTLINE, RAINmedia, BBC

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

February 20, 2018

Last Aired

February 27, 2018

Networks

PBS

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Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Part One

Air date: 2018-02-20

Highlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.

Part Two

Air date: 2018-02-27

Frontliine explores the postulate that the current turmoil in the Middle East, particularly in Syria Iraq and Yemen, is a primarily a manifestation of a forty year power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Cast

Ali Khamenei

Self

Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud

Self

Turki Al-Faisal

Self

Mohammad Javad Zarif

Self

Adel Al-Jubeir

Self

Bashar Hafez al-Assad

Self

Martin Smith

Self

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