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.

PRINCIPAL CAST

ALI KHAMENEISelf

PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN AL SAUDSelf

TURKI AL-FAISALSelf

MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIFSelf

ADEL AL-JUBEIRSelf

BASHAR AL-ASSADSelf

SERIES GUIDE

SEASONS & EPISODES

SEASON

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2018-02-20 / 116 MIN

PART ONE

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.

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S01 E02

2018-02-27 / 54 MIN

PART TWO

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.

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