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Iranian and Saudi panellists spar at Xiangshan Forum over Middle East attacks
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PUBLISHEDSep 16, 2026, 1:53 PM
What the source reports
A plenary session at a Beijing security conference turned into a heated exchange on Wednesday, when a senior Iranian defence official and a Saudi think tank chief traded accusations over the conflict in the Middle East.
In the city where just a few years ago Iran and Saudi Arabia signed a peace deal, Prince Turki al-Faisal, chairman of the Saudi think tank the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies,…
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