Iranian-Saudi hostilities peaked during the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war when Saudi Arabia poured billions of dollars into financing Saddam Hussein with the aim of toppling the Iranian government, which had promoted the export of its revolution. At the conclusion of the war, however, from 1989 to 2005, during the presidencies of centrist Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and … Continue reading Aggressive Saudi Policies Toward Iran Unlikely to Succeed