Frontline Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part One) (Season 36, Episode 3)
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TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, News

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Frontline

Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia (Part One) (Season 36, Episode 3)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 113 min | Documentary, News

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.

Writers

David Fanning | Linda Hirsch | Martin Smith

Producers

Daniel Edge | Missy Frederick | Linda Hirsch | Michelle Mizner | Martin Smith

Composers

Francois-Paul Aiche | Peter Rundquist | Simon Russell

Cinematographer

Scott Anger

Editor

Brian Funck

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Updated Feb 20, 2018

Release date

Feb 20, 2018 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

126 wins & 195 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
23 cast members

Name	Known for
Bashar al-Assad Self Self See fewer	Cries from Syria (2017)
Turki Al-Faisal Self (as Prince Turki Al-Faisal) Self (as Prince Turki Al-Faisal) See fewer	Arabia (2010)
Adel Al-Jubeir Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Ayad Allawi Self Self See fewer	News 24 Sunday (2005)
Ahmed Asiri Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Priyanka Boghani Self - Reporter Self - Reporter See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Sarah Childress Self - Reporter Self - Reporter See fewer	Sticky Wicket
Steve Coll Self Self See fewer	American Zeitgeist (2006)
Ryan Crocker Self Self See fewer	Dokument utifrån (1971)
Mohammad Emami-Kashani Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Abdulaziz Bin Habtour Self Self See fewer	Arte Journal (1998)
Anas Joudeh Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Self Self See fewer	Tagesschau (1952)
Tim Michetti Self Self See fewer	Vice Investigates (2019)
Sara Obeidat Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Afshon Ostovar Self Self See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Mohsen Rafiqdoust Self Self See fewer	Iran and the West (2009)
Karim Sadjadpour Self Self See fewer	Hostages (2022)
Mohammad Bin Salman Self Self See fewer	'The Line' Saudi Arabia's City of the Future in NEOM (2023)
Hossein Sheikholeslam Self Self See fewer	Desert One (2019)
Randa Slim Self Self See fewer	ABC News Breakfast (2008)
Martin Smith Self / Correspondent Self / Correspondent See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Javad Zarif Self Self See fewer	Iran and the West (2009)