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In spite of the many anti-Shia and anti-Iran expressions, propagated mainly by the religious elite, which have permeated popular public discourse since the foundation of Saudi Arabia, and despite the revolution in Iran in 1979, diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran were improving until the first decade of the new millennium. Although this statement might sound counter-intuitive and contrary to public perception, it indeed corresponds with the regional and domestic political scenes.
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Ádám, É. (2021). Popular Sentiments and Elite Threat Perception in the Gulf: Iran in the Public Discourse in Saudi Arabia. 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_9
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