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Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Khalifa attends the consultative meeting of interior ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), in the Bahraini capital Manama on April 23, 2013. (AFP Photo/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks with Kuwaiti officials during the second joint high committee meeting between Kuwait and Iran at the Foreign Ministry in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on December 1, 2013. (AFP Photo)
Debate: The Gulf states could participate in the Iranian nuclear talks
Historically, conflicts between the Safavids and the Ottomans—the peak of which was seen in Basra—have created a sea of distrust and suspicion between the two sides that has only deepened over the centuries, easing at times and flaring up at others. Today, the two...Caption:
US Secretary of State John Kerry leaving a press conference after closed-door nuclear talks on Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Debate: Iran nuclear deal has a future
So the interim nuclear deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 world powers, the UN Security Council powers and Germany, has been extended. In spite of last-minute efforts from international convoys fueled by hope and desperation in Vienna this weekend, it is now clear...Caption:
European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speak to the press after closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)