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On 5 June 2017, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt initiated a blockade on the state of Qatar. While many justifications were offered for the blockade, the blockading countries, led by Saudi Arabia, focused on Qatar’s relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran
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For more details, see: https://www.trtworld.com/mea/hackers-target-qatar-s-state-owned-news-agency-7246.
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For more on the demands, see: https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/qatar/what-are-the-13-demands-given-to-qatar-1.2048118.
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The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was signed on 14 July 2015, between Iran and the P5 + 1: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, plus Germany.
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Zweiri, M., Al-Ansari, M. (2021). Competing Radicalisms: A Comparison of Saudi and Iranian Foreign Policies After 2015. In: Zweiri, M., Rahman, M.M., Kamal, A. (eds) The 2017 Gulf Crisis . Gulf Studies, vol 3. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8735-1_14
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