Rafsanjani says Tehran and Riyadh can hash out disputes via negotiation
TEHRAN – While Iran and Saudi Arabia are locked in an escalating dust-up over a number of issues, seasoned politician Ali Akbar Rafsanjani has said the two can bury the hatchet through negotiation, citing examples. “I see the issue (the Tehran-Riyadh gridlock) soluble,” Rafsanjani stressed, referring to a private conversation with Malek Abdullah, the then ruler of Saudi Arabia, in which Tehran and Riyadh agreed to help increase oil prices in 1997 as crude prices had decreased sharply. The détente demands both sides listen to one another’s ...
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