Saudi Arabia and Iran signed a cooperation agreement aimed at ending nearly two decades of animosity. The agreement, signed in Tehran, calls for increased trade, academic exchanges and technological cooperation. Bilateral relations soured after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, but there was a gradual thawing after Mohammad Khatami, considered a relative moderate, was elected Iranian president last year.
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