Is Iranian-Arab reconciliation a mirage?

A photograph released by Chinese state media showing officials Wang Yi, center, China’s top foreign policy official, with Ali Shamkhani, right, the secretary of Iran’s security council, and Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state, in Beijing, on Friday. Source: New York Times caption, photo from China Daily via Reuters.
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