TV series
Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2018-02-20
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 2 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary, War & Politics, News
- Network
- PBS
- Production
- FRONTLINE, RAINmedia, BBC
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ali Khamenei as Self
- Prince Mohammed bin Salman al Saud as Self
- Turki Al-Faisal as Self
- Mohammad Javad Zarif as Self
- Adel Al-Jubeir as Self
- Bashar Hafez al-Assad as Self
- Martin Smith as Self
Creators and crew
- Raney Aronson-Rath - Executive Producer
- David Fanning - Executive Producer
- Sara Obeidat - Producer
- Michelle Mizner - Producer
- Missy Frederick - Producer
- Linda Hirsch - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: 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.
Episode 2: 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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